Predicting gully rejuvenation after wildfire using remotely sensed burn severity data

Geomorphology

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 496-511

  Hyde, Kevin ^a   Woods, Scott W ^a   Donahue, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn severity; Fire effects; Gully rejuvenation; Hazard assessment; Post fire erosion

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GULLY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INFILTRATION; LANDSAT; MORPHOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WILDFIRE;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34047265509     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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