A comparative analysis of the use of NOAA-AVHRR NDVI and FWI data for forest fire risk assessment

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 5677-5687

  Gabban, A ^a   San Miguel Ayanz, J ^a   Viegas, D X ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIREPROOFING; METEOROLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; VEGETATION;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PERFORMANCE INDICES; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

FIRES;

AVHRR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST FIRE; INDEX METHOD; NDVI; NOAA SATELLITE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; FIRE PROOFING; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; FORESTRY; PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 52649145330     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160801958397     Document Type: Article

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