Fire severity estimation from space: A comparison of active and passive sensors and their synergy for different forest types

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1062-1075

  Tanase, M A ^a   Kennedy, R ^b   Aponte, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy assessment; ALOS PALSAR; CBI; L band; Landsat; radar; radar optical synergy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948735984     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF15059     Document Type: Article

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