Comparing fire severity models from post-fire and pre/post-fire differenced imagery

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 392-405

  Weber, Keith T ^a   Seefeldt, Steven ^b   Moffet, Corey ^c   Norton, Jill ^d  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c USDA ARS US Sheep Experiment Station   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGERY; LAND USE PLANNING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MODELING; RANGELAND; REMEDIATION; REMOTE SENSING; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; WILDFIRE;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 65749092925     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.45.4.392     Document Type: Article

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