Synergistic use of optical and radar data for rapid mapping of forest fires in the European mediterranean

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 38, Issue 4W19, 2011, Pages 27-32

  Bernhard, E ^a   Stein, E ^a   Twele, A ^a   Gahler M ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burned area mapping; European mediterranean; Forest fire; Semi automatic algorithm; SPOT 5; TerraSAR X

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DEFORESTATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FORESTRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAPPING; OBJECT DETECTION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITES; SIGNAL DETECTION; TRACKING RADAR;

BURNED-AREA MAPPING; EUROPEAN MEDITERRANEAN; FOREST FIRES; SEMI-AUTOMATIC ALGORITHMS; SPOT 5; TERRASAR-X;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

FOREST FIRES; MAPPING; RADAR; SMOKE;

EID: 84923855493     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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