Spectral indices and fire behavior simulation for fire risk assessment in savanna ecosystems

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Mbow, Cheikh ^a,b   Goïta, Kalifa ^a   Bénié, Goze B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Fire risk; LANDSAT ETM; National Park; Savanna; Senegal; Simulation; Tasseled Cap

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE PROTECTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

FIRE RISKS; ORTHOGONAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SAVANNA AREAS; SPECTRAL INDICES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

FIRE MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAVANNA; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 2342632646     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2003.10.019     Document Type: Article

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