Mapping burn severity in a disease-impacted forest landscape using Landsat and MASTER imagery

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 91-99

  Chen, Gang ^a   Metz, Margaret R ^b,c   Rizzo, David M ^c   Meentemeyer, Ross K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn severity; Disease invasion; Forest fire; Interacting disturbances; Landsat; MASTER; Sudden oak death

Indexed keywords

ASTER; BURNING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FIRE; IMAGERY; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MAPPING; MODIS;

PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM;

EID: 84943630057     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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