Relationships between MODIS and ATSR fires and atmospheric variability in New Caledonia (SW Pacific)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Barbero, Renaud ^a   Moron, Vincent ^a,b,c   Mangeas, Morgan ^d   Despinoy, Marc ^d   Hély, Christelle ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c Earth Institute   (United States)

^d IRD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; SPECTROMETERS;

ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETERS; ANNUAL MEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; CROSS-CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROUGHT INDICES; DRY SOIL; FIRE RISKS; FIRE WEATHER INDEX; HOTSPOTS; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; LEADTIME; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; NEW CALEDONIA; RAINFALL ANOMALY; RAINFALL INDEX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SECOND-ORDER POLYNOMIAL; TIME-PERIODS; WIND SPEED;

FIRES;

ALGORITHM; ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER; CORRELATION; DROUGHT; FIRE; MODIS; RAINFALL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIMESCALE; WEATHER STATION; WIND VELOCITY;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 81255211580     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015915     Document Type: Article

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