A decade long, multi-scale map comparison of fire regime parameters derived from three publically available satellite-based fire products: A case study in the Central African Republic

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 4061-4089

  Freeborn, Patrick H ^a   Cochrane, Mark A ^a   Wooster, Martin J ^b,c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(A)ATSR; Active fire; Burned area; Fire chronologies; Fire occurrence; Fire seasonality; MODIS

Indexed keywords

MAPS; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

(A)ATSR; ACTIVE FIRES; BURNED AREAS; FIRE OCCURRENCES; MODIS; SEASONALITY;

FIRES;

EID: 84901501626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6054061     Document Type: Article

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