Estimating burn severity at the regional level using optically based indices

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 863-872

  Tanase, Mihai ^a   de la Riva, Juan ^a   Pérez Cabello, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE NUMBERS; BURN SEVERITY; COMPOSITE BURN INDICES; DATA SETS; ESTIMATION ERRORS; ESTIMATION METHODS; LINEAR RELATION; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MODEL CONSISTENCY; NON-LINEAR MODEL; REGIONAL LEVELS; REGIONAL MODEL; SHORT-WAVELENGTH INFRARED; SPECTRAL INDICES; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

ERRORS;

ESTIMATION;

BURNING; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; FIELDWORK; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FORESTRY MODELING; HOMOGENEITY; NONLINEARITY; OVERSTORY; UNDERSTORY; WAVELENGTH;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953860333     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-011     Document Type: Article

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