Evaluation of the U.S. Geological Survey Landsat Burned Area Essential Climate Variable across the Conterminous U.S. Using Commercial High-Resolution Imagery

Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Vanderhoof, Melanie K ^a   Brunner, Nicole ^a   Beal, Yen Ju G ^a   Hawbaker, Todd J ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

burned area; essential climate variable; fire; Landsat; QuickBird 2; RapidEye; validation; Worldview 2

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; FIRES; GAS EMISSIONS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GASES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; VEGETATION;

BURNED AREAS; CLIMATE VARIABLES; ESSENTIAL CLIMATE VARIABLE; LANDSAT; QUICKBIRD-2; RAPIDEYE; U.S GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; VALIDATION; WORLDVIEW-2;

LANDSAT;

EID: 85047570395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs9070743     Document Type: Article

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