Analysis and interpretation of spectral indices for soft multicriteria burned-area mapping in mediterranean regions

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 499-503

  Stroppiana, D ^a   Boschetti, M ^a   Zaffaroni, P ^a   Brivio, P A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER); Burned area; Fuzzy theory; Spectral indices

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER (ASTER); BURNED AREA; BURNED-AREA MAPPING; FUZZY THEORY; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MISCLASSIFICATION ERROR; MULTI-CRITERIA; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGES; SOUTHERN ITALY; SPECTRAL INDICES; SYNTHETIC INDICATORS;

CONFORMAL MAPPING; FORESTRY; FUZZY SETS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION;

PHOTOMAPPING;

EID: 67651160331     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2009.2020067     Document Type: Article

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