The New VIIRS 375m active fire detection data product: Algorithm description and initial assessment

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-96

  Schroeder, Wilfrid ^a   Oliva, Patricia ^a   Giglio, Louis ^a   Csiszar, Ivan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active fire detection; MODIS; S NPP VIIRS

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FIRES; ALGORITHM DESCRIPTION; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; MODIS; S-NPP/VIIRS; SOUTH ATLANTIC MAGNETIC ANOMALY; THERMAL INFRARED IMAGERY; VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITES;

ALGORITHMS; FIRE DETECTORS; INFRARED IMAGING; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS;

FIRES;

ALGORITHM; BIOMASS BURNING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; INFRARED IMAGERY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MODIS; PIXEL; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VIIRS;

EID: 84892503401     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

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