Evaluating spectral indices and spectral mixture analysis for assessing fire severity, combustion completeness and carbon emissions

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 707-720

  Veraverbeke, Sander ^a   Hook, Simon J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn severity; Burning efficiency; Carbon cycle; Normalised burn ratio (NBR); Wildfire emission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881020546     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF12168     Document Type: Article

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