Using SPOT images and field sampling to map burn severity and vegetation factors affecting post forest fire erosion risk

Catena

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 326-335

  Fox, D M ^a   Maselli, F ^b   Carrega, P ^a  

^a University of Nice UMR 6012 ESPACE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burn indices; Burn severity; Post fire recovery; Remote sensing; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EROSION CONTROL; FOREST FIRE; HETEROGENEITY; MAPPING METHOD; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; SPOT;

EID: 54249149323     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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