Use of low cost landsat ETM+ to spot burnt villages in Darfur, Sudan

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1207-1214

  Prins, E ^a  

^a PRINS Engineering   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FIRES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MONITORING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN PLANNING;

BURNT VILLAGE INDICATOR; LARGE SCALE MONITORING;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALBEDO; BURNING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING METHOD; VILLAGE;

AFRICA; DARFUR; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 37549041697     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160701730110     Document Type: Article

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