The collection 5 MODIS burned area product - Global evaluation by comparison with the MODIS active fire product

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3690-3707

  Roy, D P ^a   Boschetti, L ^b   Justice, C O ^b   Ju, J ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Burned area; Fire; Fire affected area; MODIS; Reporting

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; NASA; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BURNED AREAS; CONTINENTAL (CO); LAND COVER (LC); MISSING DATA; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRO-RADIOMETER (MODIS);

SPECTROMETERS;

BURNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FIRE; LAND COVER; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 48349146713     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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