Relating violence to MODIS fire detections in Darfur, Sudan

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2277-2292

  Bromley, Lars ^a  

^a AAAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE DETECTORS; RADIOMETERS;

CIVILIAN POPULATIONS; DATA PRODUCTS; EARLY WARNING; FIRE DETECTION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; RAPID RESPONSE; SECURITY COMMUNITY; THERMAL ANOMALIES;

FIRES;

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FIRE; HUMAN RIGHTS; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOCIAL CONFLICT; VIOLENCE;

DARFUR; SUDAN;

EID: 77952592657     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160902953909     Document Type: Article

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