Predicting the Extent of Wildfires Using Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture and Temperature Trends

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2818-2829

  Chaparro, David ^a,b,c   Vall Llossera, Merce ^a,b,c   Piles, Maria ^c,d   Camps, Adriano ^a,b,c   Rudiger, Christoph ^e   Riera Tatche, Ramon ^f  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^c Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Diputacio de Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Land surface temperature and burned area; remote sensing; soil moisture measurements; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FIREPROOFING; FIRES; MOISTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BURNED AREAS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; REMOTELY SENSED SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; WILDFIRES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

DROUGHT; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WILDFIRE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84978252617     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2016.2571838     Document Type: Article

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