Variations in subpixel fire properties with season and land cover in Southern Africa

Earth Interactions

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1-29

  Eckmann, Ted C ^a,b   Still, Christopher J ^b   Roberts, Dar A ^b   Michaelsen, Joel C ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire temperature; MODIS; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ECOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; NASA; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING;

FIRE RADIATIVE POWER; FIRE TEMPERATURES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER SENSORS; MODIS; MULTIPLE ENDMEMBER SPECTRAL MIXTURE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

FIRES;

EID: 77956901201     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010EI328.1     Document Type: Article

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