Surface albedo darkening from wildfires in northern sub-Saharan Africa

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Gatebe, C K ^a,b   Ichoku, C M ^b   Poudyal, R ^a,c   Roman M O ^b   Wilcox, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

albedo darkening; albedo recovery; biomass burning; MODIS; sub Saharan Africa; surface albedo; wildfires

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; FIRES; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; RECOVERY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALBEDO DARKENING; BIOMASS-BURNING; MODIS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SURFACE ALBEDO; WILDFIRES;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO; LAND COVER; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SAVANNA; WILDFIRE;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84903591976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/6/065003     Document Type: Article

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