A technique for detecting burn scars using MODIS data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1300-1308

  Li, Rong Rong ^a,b   Kaufman, Yoram J ^b   Hao, Wei Min ^c   Salmon, J Meghan ^c   Gao, Bo Cai ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn scars; Fires; Moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS); Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; FIRES; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR); BURN SCARS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS); NEAR-INFRARED (NIR) CHANNELS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 3042515160     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.826801     Document Type: Article

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