Global burned area mapping from ENVISAT-MERIS and MODIS active fire data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 163, Issue , 2015, Pages 140-152

  Alonso Canas, Itziar ^a   Chuvieco, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Burned area; Fire; MERIS; MODIS HS

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ERRORS; FIRES; INFRARED DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION;

BIOMASS-BURNING; BURNED AREAS; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; MERIS; MODIS HS; NEAR INFRA-RED REFLECTANCES; OMISSION AND COMMISSION ERRORS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL TRENDS;

PIXELS;

EID: 84937763706     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.03.011     Document Type: Article

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