Validation and calibration of Canada-wide coarse-resolution satellite burned-area maps

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 451-460

  Fraser, R H ^a   Hall, R J ^c   Landry, R ^a   Lynham, T ^c   Raymond, D ^d   Lee, B ^c   Li, Z ^a,b  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Dendron Resources Surveys Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SENSORS; MAPPING; SATELLITES;

CARBON BUDGET; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; BIOMASS BURNING; CALIBRATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING METHOD; NOAA SATELLITE; SPOT;

EID: 4143104625     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.70.4.451     Document Type: Review

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