A MODIS-based burned area assessment for Russian croplands: Mapping requirements and challenges

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 184, Issue , 2016, Pages 506-521

  Hall, Joanne V ^a   Loboda, Tatiana V ^a   Giglio, Louis ^a   McCarty, Gregory W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burned area; Cropland residue burning; MODIS; Remote sensing; Russian Federation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AGRICULTURAL BURNING; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; BURNED AREAS; CLIMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; CONSTELLATION MISSIONS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

RADIOMETERS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOMASS BURNING; CROP RESIDUE; LANDSAT; MAPPING METHOD; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENTINEL;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84982757508     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.07.022     Document Type: Article

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