Assessing the feasibility of a global model for multi-temporal burned area mapping using SPOT-VEGETATION data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 4889-4913

  Silva, J M N ^a   Cadima, J F C L ^a   Pereira, J M C ^a   Gregoire J M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INFRARED RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

AREA MAPPING; NEAR-INFRARED (NIR); NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); SHORT-WAVE INFRARED (SWIR);

REMOTE SENSING;

FOREST FIRE; LAND COVER; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SPOT;

EID: 8844231844     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160412331291251     Document Type: Article

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