Comparison of burnt area estimates derived from satellite products and national statistics in Europe

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3653-3671

  Loepfe, Lasse ^a   Lloret, Francisco ^a   Román Cuesta, Rosa María ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEFORESTATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS BURNED AREAS; NATIONAL STATISTICS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL HETEROGENEITY; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL;

FIRES;

ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAP; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; WILDFIRE;

DEFORESTATION; ESTIMATION; FIRES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; SATELLITES; STATISTICS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84856995105     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.631950     Document Type: Article

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