A Revised Historical Fire Regime Analysis in Tunisia (1985–2010) from a Critical Analysis of the National Fire Database and Remote Sensing

A Revised Historical Fire Regime Analysis in Tunisia (1985–2010) from a Critical Analysis of the National Fire Database and Remote Sensing

Long-term fire history reconstructions provide fruitful information in the context of global change. Global remotely-sensed burned areas offer a uniform estimate of fire regimes worldwide, but hardly capture small fire events and cover only the last 20 years. Burned areas from national statistics of...

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Main Authors: Chiraz Belhadj-Khedher, Nikos Koutsias, Anastasia Karamitsou, Taoufik EI-Melki, Bahri Ouelhazi, Abdelazziz Hamdi, Habiba Nouri, Florent Mouillot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-01-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
forest fire
remote sensing
fire regime
data quality assessment
Mediterranean ecosystems
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/2/59

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