Forest Fire Danger/Risk Forecasting: A Remote Sensing Approach ...
Forest/wildland fires are natural disasters that create a significant threat to the communities living in the vicinity of the forested landscape. To minimize the risk concerning resiliency of those urban communities to forest fires, my overall objective was to develop primarily remote sensing (RS)-b...
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Schulich School of Engineering
2020
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/37640 https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/111739 |
| Summary: | Forest/wildland fires are natural disasters that create a significant threat to the communities living in the vicinity of the forested landscape. To minimize the risk concerning resiliency of those urban communities to forest fires, my overall objective was to develop primarily remote sensing (RS)-based models assessing potential risks at the wildland-urban interface (WUI) and making predictions of danger conditions in the environs forest/vegetation. I investigated the risks associated with WUI for the Fort McMurray community and danger conditions in the northern part of Alberta, Canada. For developing the risk modelling framework at WUI, I employed primarily a WorldView-2 satellite image acquired on June 06, 2016. I estimated structural damages due to the devastating 2016 Horse River wildland fire (HRF) that entered the community on May 03, 2016. Besides, I analyzed the presence of vegetation at the WUI to identify the associated risks according to the FireSmart Canada guidelines. My remote sensing-based ... |
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