Thermal remote sensing of active vegetation fires and biomass burning events

Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing

Volumn 17, Issue , 2013, Pages 347-390

  Wooster, Martin J ^a   Roberts, Gareth ^b   Smith, Alistair M S ^c   Johnston, Joshua ^a,d   Freeborn, Patrick ^a   Amici, Stefania ^e   Hudak, Andrew T ^f  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^f ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

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EID: 84979911606     PISSN: 15673200     EISSN: 22151842     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6639-6_18     Document Type: Chapter

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