Rapid response tools and datasets for post-fire modeling: Linking Earth Observations and process-based hydrological models to support post-fire remediation

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

Volumn 40, Issue 7W3, 2015, Pages 469-476

  Miller, M E ^a   Billmire, M ^a   Elliot, W J ^b   Endsley, K A ^a   Robichaud, P R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Databases; Forest fire; Forestry; Hazards; Hydrology; Land cover; Soil

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; EROSION; FIRES; OBSERVATORIES; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

BURN SEVERITY; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; EARTH PROCESS; FOREST FIRES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; LAND COVER; POST-FIRE; PROCESS-BASED MODELING; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT;

SOILS;

EID: 84930403432     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-7-W3-469-2015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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