Retrospective mapping of burnt areas in Central Siberia using a modification of the normalised difference water index

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 346-359

  George, Charles ^a   Rowland, Clare ^a   Gerard, France ^a   Balzter, Heiko ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boreal; Burnt areas; Carbon; Fire; Forest; MODIS; NDSWIR; NDWI; Siberia

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

BURNT AREAS; MODIS; NDSWIR; NDWI;

REMOTE SENSING;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOREAL FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; GREENHOUSE GAS; INFRARED RADIATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LOGGING (TIMBER); MAPPING; MODIS; NDVI; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; REMOTE SENSING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; LAKE BAIKAL; LAPTEV SEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 33748775474     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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