Evaluating Landsat Thematic Mapper spectral indices for estimating burn severity of the 2007 Peloponnese wildfires in Greece

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 558-569

  Veraverbeke, Sander ^a   Verstraeten, Willem W ^b   Lhermitte, Stefaan ^c   Goossens, Rudi ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

fire severity; Geo Composite Burn Index; Normalised Burn Ratio; Normalised Difference Vegetation Index; optimality; spectral index

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955588509     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF09069     Document Type: Article

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