Delineation of coalfield surface fires by thresholding Landsat TM-7 day-time image data

Geocarto International

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 343-363

  Raju, Ashwani ^a   Gupta, Ravi P ^a   Prakash, Anupma ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

coalfield surface fires; Landsat TM ETM+; spectral radiance; thresholding

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; FIRE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PIXEL; RADIANCE; REFLECTANCE; SENSOR; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84882279969     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2012.710651     Document Type: Article

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