Monitoring live fuel moisture content of heathland, shrubland and sclerophyll forest in south-eastern Australia using MODIS data

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-269

  Caccamo, G ^a   Chisholm, L A ^a   Bradstock, R A ^a   Puotinen, M L ^a   Pippen, B G ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

fire risk; foliage water content; KBDI; spectral indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855614201     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF11024     Document Type: Article

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