Remote sensing information for fire management and fire effects assessment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Chuvieco, Emilio ^a   Kasischke, Eric S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 34249807004     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JG000230     Document Type: Article

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