Mapping fire scars in a mixed-oak forest in Eastern Kentucky, USA, using landsat ETM+ data

Geocarto International

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 51-63

  Maingi, John K ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; MAPPING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST FIRE; LANDSAT; MAPPING METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFLECTANCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION INDEX;

KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746599017     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106040508542355     Document Type: Article

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