L-band microwave-retrieved fuel temperature predicts million-hectare-scale destructive wildfires

The 2014 Northwest Territories fires are one of the largest wildfires in history. However, it is difficult to explain what caused such devastating wildfires simply with meteorological conditions and hydrological drought. There is a lack of large-scale Near-Real-Time (NRT) observations that character...

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Main Authors: Ju Hyoung Lee, Sander Veraverbeke, Brendan Rogers, Yann H. Kerr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-05-01
Series:International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1569843224001304