Mapping live fuel moisture with MODIS data: A multiple regression approach

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4272-4284

  Peterson, Seth H ^a   Roberts, Dar A ^a   Dennison, Philip E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaparral; Live fuel moisture; MODIS; Southern California; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROMETERS; VEGETATION;

CHAPARRAL; LIVE FUEL MOISTURE; MODIS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; WILDFIRE;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FIRE; FUEL; MAPPING METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; MOISTURE; SHRUBLAND; VEGETATION INDEX;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53749093970     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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