Estimation of leaf water status to monitor the risk of forest fires by using remotely sensed data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 441-450

  Maki, M ^a   Ishiahra, M ^b   Tamura, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Equivalent water thickness; Forest fire; Fuel moisture content; Normalized difference water index

Indexed keywords

DRYING; FIRE PROTECTION; FORESTRY; RISKS; VEGETATION; WATER;

FOREST FIRE; LEAF MATERIALS; LEAF WATER; VEGETATION WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST FIRE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INFRARED IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SPOT; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 2342636510     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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