Prototyping an artificial neural network for burned area mapping on a regional scale in Mediterranean areas using MODIS images

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 741-752

  Gómez, Israel ^a   Pilar Martin M ^a  

^a CSIC Instituto de Economia Geografia y Demografia IEGD   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Burned land mapping; Forest fires; Modis; Multi layer perceptron network

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOREST FIRE; MAPPING METHOD; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TERRA (SATELLITE);

SPAIN;

EID: 84857770124     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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