Mapping spatial and temporal patterns of Mediterranean wildfires from MODIS

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 126, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-26

  Levin, Noam ^a   Heimowitz, Aliza ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burnt areas; Herbaceous vegetation; Israel; Landsat; Military training zones; MODIS; Remote sensing; Spectral indices

Indexed keywords

BURNT AREAS; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; ISRAEL; LANDSAT; MILITARY TRAINING; MODIS; SPECTRAL INDICES;

MAPPING; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING;

FIRES;

DATABASE; GIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND USE; LANDSAT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MILITARY LAND; MODIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION MAPPING; WILDFIRE;

GOLAN HEIGHTS; ISRAEL; JUDEA; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES;

EID: 84865568320     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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