Long-term satellite detection of post-fire vegetation trends in boreal forests of China

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6938-6957

  Yi, Kunpeng ^a   Tani, Hiroshi ^a   Zhang, Jiquan ^b   Guo, Meng ^b   Wang, Xiufeng ^a   Zhong, Guosheng ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Great xing'an mountain; Mann kendall; Remote sensing; Vegetation recovery; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; GREAT XING'AN MOUNTAIN; MANN-KENDALL; VEGETATION RECOVERY; WILDFIRE;

FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; PIXELS; RECOVERY; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION;

REFORESTATION;

FIRES; HAZARDS; PLANTS; RECOVERY; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84891415417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5126938     Document Type: Article

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