Global estimation of burned area using MODIS active fire observations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 957-974

  Giglio, L ^a   van der Werf, G R ^b   Randerson, J T ^c   Collatz, G J ^a   Kasibhatla, P ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST FIRE; MODIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 33646493314     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-957-2006     Document Type: Article

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