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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Main Authors: Brigitte Leblon, Eric Kasischke, Marty Alexander, Mark Doyle, Melissa Abbott
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2000
Subjects:
spruce
ERS-1 SAR images
Northwest Territories
Canada
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
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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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