Unprecedented remote sensing data over King and Rim megafires in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California

Megafires have lasting social, ecological, and economic impacts and are increasing in the western contiguous United States. Because of their infrequent nature, there is a limited sample of megafires to investigate their unique behavior, drivers, and relationship to forest management practices. One a...

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Published in:	Ecology (Durham) Vol. 97; no. 11; p. 3244
Main Authors:	Stavros, E. Natasha, Tane, Zachary, Van R. Kane, Veraverbeke, Sander, McGaughey, Robert J., Lutz, James A., Ramirez, Carlos, Schimel, David
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2016 Ecological Society of America
Subjects:	Abundance Airborne sensing AVIRIS California Combustion data collection Data Papers Datasets Detection Ecology Economic conditions Economic impact Economics Environmental economics Environmental impact fire severity Fires Forest & brush fires Forest management Forest practices forests Fuels image analysis Imaging imaging spectroscopy Information dissemination King Fire Lidar Light Detection and Ranging Light effects MASTER megafire Mountains Pixels prediction Radiometers Recovery Reflectance Remote sensing Rim Fire Satellite Imagery satellites Social behavior spatial data Spatial resolution Spectra spectrometers Spectrophotometry, Infrared spectroradiometers thermal infrared United States > US Sierra Nevada Mountain Range California USA, California, Sierra Nevada Mts INE, USA, California AVIRIS MASTER King Fire Rim Fire imaging spectroscopy megafire remote sensing California Light Detection and Ranging thermal infrared
ISSN:	0012-9658, 1939-9170
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