Tracking fires in India using advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (A)ATSR data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 591-610

  Giriraj, Amarnath ^a,b,c   Babar, Shilpa ^a,d   Jentsch, Anke ^e   Sudhakar, Singuluri ^a   Murthy, Manchi Sri Ramachandra ^a  

^a National Remote Sensing Centre   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

(A)ATSR; Anthropogenic pressure; Biogeographic zones; Conservation; Disturbance regime; India; MODIS

Indexed keywords

(A)ATSR; ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; BIOGEOGRAPHIC ZONES; DISTURBANCE REGIME; INDIA; MODIS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; TROPICS;

FIRES;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DATA PROCESSING; FOREST FIRES; INDIA; RADAR; RADIOMETRY; TROPICS;

EID: 79961244850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs2020591     Document Type: Article

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