Strengths and weaknesses of MODIS hotspots to characterize global fire occurrence

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 152-159

  Hantson, Stijn ^a   Padilla, Marc ^a   Corti, Dante ^a   Chuvieco, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burned area; Global characterization; Hotspot; MODIS

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FIRES; BURNED AREAS; BURNED PATCHES; FIRE ACTIVITY; FIRE EVENT; GLOBAL FIRE; GLOBAL SCALE; HOT SPOT; HOTSPOTS; LANDSAT IMAGES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MODIS; REFERENCE DATA; REGIONAL MODEL; SEASONAL TRENDS; SHRUBLANDS; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STUDY AREAS; STUDY SITES; URBAN AREAS;

RADIOMETERS;

FIRES;

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GRASSLAND; LANDSAT; MODIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY; SHRUBLAND; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84872544394     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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