A classification scheme to determine wildfires from the satellite record in the cool grasslands of southern Canada: considerations for fire occurrence modelling and warning criteria

<p>Daily polar-orbiting satellite MODIS thermal detections since 2002 were used as the baseline for quantifying wildfire activity in the mixed grass and agricultural lands of southernmost central Canada. This satellite thermal detection record includes both the responsible use of fire (e.g. fo...

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Main Authors: D. K. Thompson, K. Morrison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2020-12-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/20/3439/2020/nhess-20-3439-2020.pdf