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• Published Subscription 1 Dec 2011

  Spatio-temporal Distribution of Wildfire Occurrences on the Lake Floor of Lake Chad Based on Remotely Sensed Data

  By Anthony Dami, H. K. Ayuba, Mohammed .D. Bila

  Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE This paper analyzes the spatio-temporal distribution of wildfire occurrences on the lake floor of the Lake Chad using satellite remote sensing data. A combination of field survey and computation of fire pixel counts from MODIS images for the period 2001–2009 form the basis for this analysis. The result revealed that the highest number of fires occurred in 2001, with varying figures in …

  Published in Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2011 · pp. 5–12 Read article →