Modelling fire probability in the Brazilian Amazon using the maximum entropy method

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 955-969

  Fonseca, Marisa G ^a   Aragão, Luiz Eduardo O C ^a,b   Lima, André ^a,c   Shimabukuro, Yosio E ^a   Arai, Egidio ^a   Anderson, Liana O ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d Parque Tecnologico de Sao Jose Dos Campos ^*  (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anthropogenic ignition; climate; machine learning; MESS analysis; MODIS; tropical forest.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986247446     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF15216     Document Type: Article

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