Veld fire reporting and mapping techniques in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, from 1941 to 2011

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 63-73

  Govender, N ^a   Mutanga, O ^b   Ntsala, D ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Bohlabatsatsi Information Management   (South Africa)

Author keywords

fire mapping; fire monitoring; fire reporting; fire scars; satellite images

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866165688     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: 17279380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/10220119.2012.697918     Document Type: Article

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