Quantifying spatial and temporal vegetation recovery dynamics following a wildfire event in a Mediterranean landscape using EO data and GIS

Applied Geography

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 120-131

  Petropoulos, George P ^a   Griffiths, Hywel M ^a   Kalivas, Dionissios P ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

ASTER DEM; Fires; Greece; Landsat TM; NDVI; Vegetation regeneration

Indexed keywords

ASTER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EOS; GIS; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NDVI; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

GREECE;

EID: 84897452947     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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