Effects of band combinations and GIS masking on fire-scar mapping at local scales in east-central Florida, USA

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 250-259

  Shao, Guofan ^a   Duncan, Brean W ^b,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FIRES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROWTH RATE; REMOTE SENSING;

FIRE-ADAPTED VEGETATION; FIRE-SCAR MAPPING; GIS MASKING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER (TM);

VEGETATION;

EID: 35748963532     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m07-031     Document Type: Article

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