Fire Danger Monitoring Using ERS-1 SAR Images in the Case of Northern Boreal Forests
Abstract. Research was carried out to assess the potential of imaging radar systems for monitoring forest fire danger. In Canada, daily forest fire danger ratings are generated by the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS), based on estimates of fire weather indices (FWI) and meas-ured f...
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2000
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Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.462.7096 http://www.geog.umd.edu/sites/geog.umd.edu/files/leblon pdf.pdf |
Summary: | Abstract. Research was carried out to assess the potential of imaging radar systems for monitoring forest fire danger. In Canada, daily forest fire danger ratings are generated by the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS), based on estimates of fire weather indices (FWI) and meas-ured foliar moisture content (FMC). To evaluate the potential of imaging radar, an experiment was conducted using test sites consisting of jack pine, black spruce and white spruce stands located in |
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