Mapping natural phenomena: Boreal forest fires with non-discrete boundaries

Cartographica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 274-288

  Remmel, Tarmo K ^a   Perera, Ajith H ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fire boundaries; Fire geometry; IKONOS; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARTOGRAPHY; DETECTION METHOD; FOREST FIRE; GPS; IKONOS; MAPPING METHOD; MONITORING SYSTEM; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 77249100905     PISSN: 03177173     EISSN: 19119925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/carto.44.4.274     Document Type: Article

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