Characterizing post-fire recovery of fynbos vegetation in the Western Cape Region of South Africa using MODIS data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 979-999

  Hope, Allen ^a   Albers, Noah ^a   Bart, Ryan ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRES; RADIOMETERS; RECOVERY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION;

AFTER FIRES; CALIFORNIA; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; RAPID RECOVERY; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SOUTH AFRICA; STAND AGE;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

BURNING; DATA PROCESSING; FIRE; MODIS; NDVI; PIXEL; RAINFALL; SOIL NUTRIENT; VEGETATION; CHAPARRAL; DROUGHT; SHRUBLAND;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84857948090     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.543184     Document Type: Article

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