Combining AVHRR and meteorological data for estimating live fuel moisture content

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3618-3627

  García, Mariano ^a   Chuvieco, Emilio ^a   Nieto, Héctor ^a   Aguado, Inmaculado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

AVHRR; CWBI; Drought index; Forest fire danger; Life fuel moisture content

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CURING; DEFORESTATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DROUGHT; DRYING; FIRES; FOOD PROCESSING; FORESTRY; FOURIER SERIES; FUELS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY FACTOR; SATELLITES; SPACE OPTICS;

CENTRAL SPAIN; CISTUS LADANIFER; DETERMINATION COEFFICIENTS; DROUGHT INDICES; DRY AND WET; FIELD SAMPLING; FIRE RISK ANALYSIS; FIRE RISKS; FOREST FIRES; FUEL MOISTURE CONTENT (FMC); HARMONIC FUNCTIONS; HYDROLOGICAL YEARS; INTER-ANNUAL VARIATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION; MONITOR (CO); MULTIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSION (MLR) ANALYSIS; NATIONAL PARKS; OVER ESTIMATION; SATELLITE IMAGING; SEASONAL TRENDS; SEVERAL VARIABLES; SHRUBLANDS; SPRING SEASON; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WILDLAND FIRES;

ESTIMATION;

AVHRR; DROUGHT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIRE; FOREST FIRE; FUEL; GRASSLAND; MODELING; MOISTURE CONTENT; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRUBLAND; WILDFIRE;

CURING; DATA PROCESSING; DEFORESTATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DROUGHT; FIRES; FORESTS; FUELS; IGNITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE CONTENT; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

CABANEROS NATIONAL PARK; CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CISTUS; CISTUS LADANIFER;

EID: 48349121839     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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