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Author
Chung, Y. S. | Le, H. V.
Title
Detection of Forest-Fire Smoke Plumes by Satellite Imagery.
Coporate
Atmospheric Environment Service, Ontario, Canada
Journal
Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 18, No. 10, 2143-2151, 1984
Keywords
forest fires | air pollution | fire plumes | pollution | lightning | smoke
Identifiers
detection systems
Abstract
Computer enhanced images from satellites illustrate that a smoke plus may be well-defined and separated from clouds when the smoke crosses over large bodies of water, e.g., a lake.