Effects of post-fire wood management strategies on vegetation recovery and land surface temperature (LST) estimated from Landsat images

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 171-183

  Vlassova, Lidia ^a,b   Pérez Cabello, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA ESTATAL DE QUEVEDO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ecosystem recovery; Land surface temperature (LST); Landsat 8; NDVI; Post fire wood management; Salvage logging

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND SURFACE; LANDSAT; LOGGING (TIMBER); NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOOD;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 85010851214     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.08.011     Document Type: Article

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