An alternative spectral index for rapid fire severity assessments

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 123, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-80

  Veraverbeke, S ^a   Hook, S ^a   Hulley, G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced Spaceborne and Thermal Emission Radiometer (ASTER); Fire severity; Hyperspectral Infrared Imager (HyspIRI); Mid infrared; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS); Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR)

Indexed keywords

FIRE SEVERITY; INFRARED IMAGERS; MIDINFRARED; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORMALIZED BURN RATIO (NBR); THERMAL EMISSIONS;

INFRARED RADIATION; PHENOLS; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FIRES;

ASTER; DATA SET; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSAT; MODIS; PHENOLOGY; PIXEL; REFLECTANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSOR; SMOKE;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860637771     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.02.025     Document Type: Article

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