Reliable, accurate and timely forest mapping for wildfire management using ASTER and Hyperion satellite imagery

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3556-3562

  Keramitsoglou, I ^a   Kontoes, C ^a   Sykioti, O ^a   Sifakis, N ^a   Xofis, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASTER; Classification; Earth Observation; Fire propagation model; Forest; Hyperion; Mapping; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

FIRE PROTECTION; MAPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETATION;

EARTH OBSERVATION; FIRE PROPAGATION MODEL; FOREST MAPPING; WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASTER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EOS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYPERION; LAND CLASSIFICATION; MAPPING METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION; VEGETATION TYPE; WILDFIRE;

HYPERION;

EID: 43049108368     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.01.077     Document Type: Article

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