Use of spatially refined satellite remote sensing fire detection data to initialize and evaluate coupled weather-wildfire growth model simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 5536-5541

  Coen, Janice L ^a   Schroeder, Wilfrid ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

data assimilation; fire behavior; forest fire; rangeland fire; satellite fire detection; wildland fire modeling

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRES; SATELLITE FIRE DETECTION; WILDLAND FIRE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; DEFORESTATION; FIRE DETECTORS; FIRE HAZARDS; INFRARED IMAGING; SATELLITES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FIRES;

DATA ASSIMILATION; FOREST FIRE; RADIOMETER; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE; SIMULATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WILDFIRE;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886942486     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL057868     Document Type: Article

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