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Biomass burning is a phenomenon of continental proportions, capable of causing large scale environmental changes. Satellite observations, in particular NOAA-AVHRR GAC data four kilometer ground resolution, are the only source of information currently useful to document burning patterns on a continental scale and over long periods of time.
In this paper we present the application of the rose-diagram method in the analysis of a set of NOAA-AVHRR data to characterize and quantitatively describe the evolution of spatial patterns of vegetation fire on regional and continental scales in Africa.
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Brivio, P.A., Grégoire, JM., Koffi, B., Ober, G. (1997). Use of the Rose-Diagram Method for Vegetation Fire Pattern Analysis on a Regional Scale in Africa. In: Bardinet, C., Royer, JJ. (eds) Geosciences and Water Resources: Environmental Data Modeling . Data and Knowledge in a Changing World. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60627-4_16
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