Title :
Continental mapping of fire risk across Australia using the NOAA-AVHRR
Author :
Marsden, A.J. ; Smith, R.G.C. ; Craig, R.L. ; Heath, B.C. ; Raisbeck-Brown, N.A. ; Steber, M.T. ; Adams, J. ; Church, K.F.
Author_Institution :
Satellite Remote Sensing Services, Western Australian Dept. of Land Adm., Floreat, WA, Australia
Abstract :
The lack of spatial information about the number, location, frequency and spatial extent of wildfires in the tropical savannas region of northern Australia has lead to the progressive development of an operational system for the routine mapping and monitoring of fire using the NOAA series of polar orbiting satellites
Keywords :
fires; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; vegetation mapping; AD 1999; AD 2000; AVHRR; IR; Western Australia; continental mapping; geophysical measurement technique; infrared; multispectral remote sensing; rire risk; vegetation mapping; visible; Australia; FAA; Fires; Frequency; Geographic Information Systems; Humans; Monitoring; Remote sensing; Satellite broadcasting; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976724
