On a new coordinate system for improved discrimination of vegetation and burned areas using MIR/NIR information

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1464-1477

  Libonati, Renata ^a,c   DaCamara, Carlos C ^a   Pereira, José Miguel C ^b   Peres, Leonardo F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Burned areas; Middle infrared; Remote sensing; Spectral indices; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BURNED AREAS; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; CONVERGENCE POINTS; DROUGHT MONITORING; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MIDDLE-INFRARED; NEAR INFRA RED; OTHER APPLICATIONS; SPECTRAL INDICES; VEGETATION INDEX;

INFRARED DEVICES; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; WATER CONTENT;

VEGETATION;

DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEAR INFRARED; PIXEL; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION INDEX; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 79953200115     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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