Patterns of fire activity over Indonesia and Malaysia from polar and geostationary satellite observations

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 504-519

  Hyer, Edward J ^a   Reid, Jeffrey S ^a   Prins, Elaine M ^b   Hoffman, Jay P ^a   Schmidt, Christopher C ^b   Miettinen, Jukka I ^c   Giglio, Louis ^d  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Fire; Remote sensing; Smoke

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FIRES; BIOMASS-BURNING; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; DIURNAL CYCLE; FIRE ACTIVITY; FIRE DETECTION; FIRE PRODUCTS; FIRE RADIATIVE POWER; INDONESIA; JAPANESE SPACE AGENCY; LAND COVER; MALAYSIA; MARITIME CONTINENT; MODIS SENSORS; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE; PIXEL SIZE; RELATIVE FRACTION; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SIMILAR PATTERN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDY AREAS; SYSTEMATIC BIAS; TWO-PRODUCT; VEGETATION TYPE;

BIOMASS; FIRE DETECTORS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; LANDFORMS; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SMOKE;

FIRES;

BIOMASS BURNING; DETECTION METHOD; DIURNAL VARIATION; FIRE; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; MODIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PIXEL; SAMPLING; SMOKE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

INDONESIA; MALAYSIA;

EID: 84873247723     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.06.011     Document Type: Article

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