Using satellite fire detection to calibrate components of the fire weather index system in Malaysia and Indonesia

Environmental Management

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 426-440

  Dymond, Caren C ^a   Field, Robert D ^a   Roswintiarti, Orbita ^b   Guswanto, ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b National Institute of Aeronautics and Space   (Indonesia)

^c Badan Meteorologi dan Geofisika   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Fire management; Forest fires; Hotspots; Land fires; Tropical forest management; Vegetation fires

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CALIBRATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LAND USE; RELIABILITY; SMOKE; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

CLUSTERS; FIRE DANGER RATING; FIRE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; FIRE WEATHER INDEX;

FIRE HAZARDS;

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FIRE; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION; RELIABILITY; SMOKE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TROPIC CLIMATE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEGETATION; WEATHER;

CALIBRATION; CANADA; CLIMATE; FIRES; FORECASTING; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; SPACECRAFT; WEATHER;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 21344442898     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0241-9     Document Type: Article

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