Land surface temperature as potential indicator of burn severity in forest Mediterranean ecosystems

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Quintano, C ^a   Fernandez Manso A ^b   Calvo, L ^b   Marcos, E ^b   Valbuena, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burn severity; Composite Burn Index (CBI); Land surface temperature (LST); Landsat

Indexed keywords

FOREST FIRE; LAND SURFACE; LANDSAT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84963830651     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.10.015     Document Type: Article

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