Initial observations on using SAR to monitor wildfire scars in boreal forests
- 1 December 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Remote Sensing
- Vol. 13 (18), 3495-3501
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01431169208904137
Abstract
Initial observations on the effects of wildfires in black spruce forests on radar backscatter are presented. Airborne and spaceborne SAR imagery are utilized to illustrate two distinct fire signatures. A theory is presented to explain these differences.Keywords
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