Fisher-Shannon information plane analysis of SPOT/VEGETATION normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) time series to characterize vegetation recovery after fire disturbance

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 441-446

  Lanorte, Antonio ^a   Lasaponara, Rosa ^a   Lovallo, Michele ^b   Telesca, Luciano ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b ARPAB   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fires; Fisher information measure; Satellite time series; Shannon entropy; SPOT

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN FOREST; FIRE; NDVI; PIXEL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPOT; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION COVER;

GREECE; PELOPONNESE; SPAIN;

EID: 84897091468     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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