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Estimation of live fuel moisture content from MODIS images for fire risk assessment

Date

Authors

Yebra, Marta

Chuvieco, Emelio

Riano, David

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

This paper presents a method to estimate fuel moisture content (FMC) of Mediterranean vegetation species from satellite images in the context of fire risk assessment. The relationship between satellite images and field collected FMC data was based on two

Keywords

Keywords: estimation method; fire; fuel; grassland; Mediterranean environment; modeling; MODIS; moisture content; performance assessment; radiative transfer; remote sensing; risk assessment; satellite imagery; shrubland; Mediterranean Region; Mediterranean Sea Fire risk assessment; Fuel moisture content; MODIS; Radiative transfer models; Remote sensing

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/19047

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.12.005

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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