A VARI-based relative greenness from MODIS data for computing the Fire Potential Index

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1151-1167

  Schneider, P ^a   Roberts, D A ^a   Kyriakidis, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire Potential Index; MODIS; VARI; Wildfire risk; Wildfire susceptibility

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DATA STRUCTURES; FIRE DETECTORS; VEGETATION;

FIRE POTENTIAL INDEX; WILDFIRE RISK; WILDFIRE SUSCEPTIBILITY;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AVHRR; MODIS; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39749159233     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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