Analysis of MODIS NDVI time series to calculate indicators of Mediterranean forest fire susceptibility

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-194

  Cheret V ^a   Denux, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST FIRE; METEOROLOGY; MODIS; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 79958123403     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.48.2.171     Document Type: Review

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