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- noun rare The
geographical study of the spread offire .
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In research, called the first of its kind, scientists used European Space Agency thermal-infrared satellite sensor data in their global study of pyrogeography -- the distribution and behavior of wildfire.
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In research, called the first of its kind, scientists used European Space Agency thermal-infrared satellite sensor data in their global study of pyrogeography -- the distribution and behavior of wildfire.
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In research, called the first of its kind, scientists used European Space Agency thermal-infrared satellite sensor data in their global study of pyrogeography -- the distribution and behavior of wildfire.
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Researchers used thermal-infrared sensor data obtained between 1996 and 2006 from European Space Agency satellites in their study of pyrogeography - the distribution and behavior of wildfire - on a global scale.
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But the fires we see are only part of our disturbed pyrogeography.
The planet is burning around us: is it time to declare the Pyrocene? – Stephen J Pyne | Aeon Essays Stephen J Pyne 2023
edwardvielmetti commented on the word pyrogeography
Biogeographer and remote sensing specialist Stephen Yool runs the Pyrogeography Research Laboratory (PRL). The PRL specializes in the biogeography of wildfire - pyrogeography, to coin a term.
October 23, 2007
seanahan commented on the word pyrogeography
"Remote sensing specialist", a.k.a, quack.
October 24, 2007
nateritter commented on the word pyrogeography
vielmetti.typepad.com also refers to pyrogeography in the del.icio.us/technorati tag for Nate Ritter's (my) Twitter reporting on the San Diego fires of 2007.
December 11, 2007