Post-fire recovery of leaf area index in California chaparral: A remote sensing-chronosequence approach

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 4743-4760

  McMichael, C E ^a,c   Hope, A S ^a   Roberts, D A ^b   Anaya, M R ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRE HAZARDS; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE SENSORS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SATELLITES;

ECO-HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LANDSCAPE; LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); SHRUBLANDS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOREST FIRE; LEAF AREA INDEX; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRUBLAND;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 4544304818     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160410001726067     Document Type: Article

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