A MODIS direct broadcast algorithm for mapping wildfire burned area in the western United States

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2511-2526

  Urbanski, S P ^a   Salmon, J M ^a,b   Nordgren, B L ^a   Hao, W M ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burned area; Fire; Fire detection; MODIS

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FIRES; AIR QUALITY FORECASTING; BURN SCAR; BURNED AREA; BURNED AREAS; BURNED-AREA MAPPING; CRITICAL INPUTS; DATA SETS; DB SYSTEMS; DIRECT BROADCAST; EMISSION INVENTORIES; EMPIRICAL ERRORS; FIRE DETECTION; FIRE EMISSIONS; FIRE SCIENCE; FIRE SIZE; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY; HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; MONTANA; OVER-ESTIMATION; REAL-TIME OPERATION; RECEIVING STATIONS; SIZE RANGES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; U.S. FOREST SERVICE; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WILDLAND FIRE EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERICS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; DISASTERS; FIRE DETECTORS; FIRE PROTECTION; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; GEODESY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROMETERS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURVEYING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FIRES;

AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHM; BURNING; DATA SET; EMISSION INVENTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; MODIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME; REGULATORY APPROACH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL RECORD; WEATHER FORECASTING; WILDFIRE;

AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHMS; DETECTION; DISASTERS; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; FORECASTS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEGISLATION; MAPPING; PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPECTROMETERS; SURVEYING;

MISSOULA; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70249149241     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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