Evaluating spectral indices for assessing fire severity in chaparral ecosystems (Southern California) using modis/aster (MASTER) airborne simulator data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2403-2419

  Harris, Sarah ^a,b   Veraverbeke, Sander ^b   Hook, Simon ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn severity; Chaparral; Emissivity; Fire severity; MASTER; Normalized burn ratio; Southern California; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

BURN SEVERITY; CHAPARRAL; EMISSIVITY; FIRE SEVERITY; MASTER; NORMALIZED BURN RATIO; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; GAS EMISSIONS; LOGISTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

FIRES;

EID: 84856694510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs3112403     Document Type: Article

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