A rule-based semi-automatic method to map burned areas: Exploring the USGS historical Landsat archives to reconstruct recent fire history

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 7049-7068

  Koutsias, Nikos ^a   Pleniou, Magdalini ^a   Mallinis, Giorgos ^b   Nioti, Foula ^a   Sifakis, Nikolas I ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d European Research Council   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONFORMAL MAPPING; ERRORS; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

AUTOMATED EXTRACTION; MAPPING ALGORITHMS; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES; RULE-BASED APPROACH; SEMIAUTOMATIC METHODS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ALGORITHM; FIRE HISTORY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING METHOD; RECONSTRUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; ATTICA; GREECE; NORTHERN AEGEAN; PARNITHA; SAMOS;

EID: 84881622634     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.816452     Document Type: Article

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