Use of MODIS data to assess atmospheric aerosol before, during, and after community evacuations related to wildfire smoke

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 166, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-7

  Krstic, Nikolas ^a   Henderson, Sarah B ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Cloud mask; Emergency management; Evacuations; Public health; Terra MODIS; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DECISION MAKING; FIRES; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SMOKE; TIME SERIES;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; CLOUD MASKS; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EVACUATIONS; TERRA-MODIS; WILDFIRE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; SMOKE; TIME SERIES; WILDFIRE;

CANADA;

EID: 84930934126     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.05.017     Document Type: Article

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