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Remote Sensing of Large Wildfires

in the European Mediterranean Basin

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Emilio Chuvieco

    1. Department of Geography Colegios, 2, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain

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  • Contains a CD-ROM with sample images and data
  • Includes most recent data from the Megafire Project which is sponsored by the EU

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction

    • Emilio Chuvieco
    Pages 1-2

  3. The role of fire in European Mediterranean ecosystems

    • Juli G. Pausas, V. Ramón Vallejo
    Pages 3-16

  4. Short-term fire risk: foliage moisture content estimation from satellite data

    • Emilio Chuvieco, Michel Deshayes, Nicholas Stach, David Cocero, David Riaño
    Pages 17-38

  5. Meteorological fire danger indices and remote sensing

    • Andrea Camia, Giovanni Bovio, Inmaculada Aguado, Nicolas Stach
    Pages 39-59

  6. Integrated fire risk mapping

    • Emilio Chuvieco, F. Javier Salas, Luis Carvacho, Francisco Rodríguez-Silva
    Pages 61-100

  7. Fire detection and fire growth monitoring using satellite data

    • M. Pilar Martín, Pietro Ceccato, Stéphane Flasse, Ian Downey
    Pages 101-122

  8. Spectral characterisation and discrimination of burnt areas

    • José M. C. Pereira, Ana C. L. Sá, Adélia M. O. Sousa, João M. N. Silva, Teresa N. Santos, João M. B. Carreiras
    Pages 123-138

  9. Regional-scale burnt area mapping in Southern Europe using NOAA-AVHRR 1 km data

    • José M. C. Pereira, Adélia M. O. Sousa, Ana C. L. Sá, M. Pilar Martín, Emilio Chuvieco
    Pages 139-155

  10. Burnt land mapping at local scale

    • N. Koutsias, M. Karteris, A. Fernández-Palacios, C. Navarro, J. Jurado, R. Navarro et al.
    Pages 157-187

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 189-212
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography Colegios, 2, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain

    Emilio Chuvieco

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Remote Sensing of Large Wildfires

  • Book Subtitle: in the European Mediterranean Basin

  • Editors: Emilio Chuvieco

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60164-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64284-5Published: 23 August 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-60164-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 212

  • Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Agriculture, Forestry, Ecotoxicology

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