Estimating the area of stubble burning from the number of active fires detected by satellite

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-106

  Smith, Richard ^a   Adams, Matthew ^a   Maier, Stefan ^a   Craig, Ronald ^a   Kristina, Agnes ^a   Maling, Ian ^b  

^a Leeuwin Centre   (Australia)

^b Silverfox Solutions Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active fire detection; Burnt area; MODIS; NOAA AVHRR; Satellite; Stubble burning

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

ACTIVE FIRE DETECTION; BURNT AREA; NOAA AVHRR; STUBBLE BURNING;

RADIOMETERS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALGORITHM; AVHRR; BIOMASS BURNING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIELD SURVEY; MODIS; STUBBLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 34249013847     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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