• DocumentCode
    2133839
  • Title

    Earth observations for complementing vegetation definition and distribution: An example for fire propagation

  • Author

    Blonda, P. ; Chaabane, F. ; Dimitropoulos, K. ; Grammalidis, N. ; Rejichi, S. ; Santi, E. ; Tarantino, C. ; Torri, D.

  • Author_Institution
    CNR-ISSIA, Bari, Italy
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    15-17 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Vegetation spatial distribution is an important part in any study implying biodiversity and, more generally, landscape management. Here the problem is exemplified by studies aimed at providing the vegetation distribution needed for simulating wildfire propagation.
  • Keywords
    fires; flames; geophysical image processing; image classification; smoke; vegetation mapping; Earth observations; FIRESENSE; automatic flame detection; automatic smoke detection; biodiversity; flame recognition; fuel models; ground truth sampling; image classification algorithms; image processing algorithms; landscape management; smoke recognition; vegetation definition; vegetation distribution; vegetation evaluation; vegetation maps; vegetation spatial distribution; wildfire propagation simulation; Classification algorithms; Fires; Fuels; Mathematical model; Support vector machines; Vegetation; Vegetation mapping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Space Technology (ICST), 2011 2nd International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Athens
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1874-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSpT.2011.6064650
  • Filename
    6064650