Burned area mapping in the North American boreal forest using terra-MODIS LTDR (2001-2011): A comparison with the MCD45A1, MCD64A1 and BA GEOLAND-2 products

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 815-840

  Moreno Ruiz, José Andrés ^a   García Lázaro, José Rafael ^a   Del Águila Cano, Isabel ^a   Leal, Pedro Hernández ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Burned area; GEOLAND; LTDR; MCD45A1; MCD64A1; MODIS; North America

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); BAYESIAN NETWORKS; FORESTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAPPING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; ALGORITHMS;

BOREAL FORESTS; BURNED AREAS; GEOLAND; LTDR; MCD45A1; MCD64A1; MODIS; NORTH AMERICA;

RADIOMETERS;

ALGORITHMS; FOREST FIRES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITES; DATA BASES; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84893385668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6010815     Document Type: Article

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