Estimation of combustion completeness based on fire-induced spectral reflectance changes in a dambo grassland (Western Province, Zambia)

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 4185-4195

  Sá, Ana C L ^a   Pereira, José M ^a,b   Silva, João M N ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; ESTIMATION; FIRES; IMAGE SENSORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

COMBUSTION COMPLETENESS; FIRE-INDUCED SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE CHANGES; GRASSLAND;

REMOTE SENSING;

COMBUSTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; WILDFIRE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN PROVINCE [ZAMBIA]; ZAMBIA;

EID: 30344446368     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500113468     Document Type: Article

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