Space-borne high resolution fire remote sensing in Benin, West Africa

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2209-2216

  Oertel, D ^a   Zhukov, B ^a   Thamm, H P ^b   Roehrig, J ^b   Orthmann, B ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CATCHMENTS; FIRES; IMAGE CODING; SPACE OPTICS;

BI-SPECTRAL INFRARED DETECTION; CATCHMENT AREA; ENERGY RELEASE; FIRE TEMPERATURES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 77955231731     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160320001647741     Document Type: Article

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