Spatial distribution of forest fires and controlling factors in Andhra Pradesh, India Using Spot satellite datasets

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 123, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 75-96

  Vadrevu, Krishna P ^a   Eaturu, Anuradha ^b   Badarinath, K V S ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

Author keywords

Best subset multiple regression; Fires; India; SPOT vegetation datasets; Underlying causes

Indexed keywords

FIRE PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

FIRE PROTECTION MEASURES; FOREST FIRES; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING;

FIRES;

FOREST FIRE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SATELLITE DATA; SPOT;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FIRE ECOLOGY; FIRE PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INDIA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; READING; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FIRES; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TREES;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33751547808     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9122-4     Document Type: Article

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