Sensitivity of spectral reflectance values to different burn and vegetation ratios: A multi-scale approach applied in a fire affected area

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 199-210

  Pleniou, Magdalini ^a   Koutsias, Nikos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

ASTER; Burned surfaces; IKONOS; LANDSAT; Spectral properties; Sub pixel

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; LINEAR REGRESSION; PIXELS; REFLECTION; SATELLITES; VEGETATION;

ASTER; IKONOS; LANDSAT; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; SUB PIXELS;

INFRARED DEVICES;

ASTER; DATA SET; IKONOS; LANDSAT; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

ATTICA; GREECE; PARNITHA;

EID: 84875764047     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2013.02.016     Document Type: Article

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