Spectral analysis of charcoal on soils: Implicationsfor wildland fire severity mapping methods

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 976-983

  Smith, Alistair M S ^a   Eitel, Jan U H ^a   Hudak, Andrew T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

ash; char; combustion residue; remote sensing.

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149425875     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF09057     Document Type: Article

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