Wetland fire scar monitoring and analysis using archival landsat data for the everglades

Fire Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-150

  Jones, John W ^a   Hall, Annette E ^a   Foster, Ann M ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification trees; Everglades; Fire scars; Landsat; Recovery; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SATELLITE DATA; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876166641     PISSN: 19339747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4996/fireecology.0901133     Document Type: Article

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