Title :
Desert fire history and effects on the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area
Author :
Wentz, Elizabeth ; Anderson, Sharolyn ; Stefanov, William ; Briggs, John
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Geogr., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
Abstract :
The goal of the present research is to utilize remote sensing tools to reconstruct the extent and impact of fires in a desert-urban environment. Our results indicate that simple band stretches and albedo data successfully discriminated burned versus unburned regions. Variations in reflectance values between burned and unburned regions can be related directly to density of vegetation in these areas
Keywords :
fires; terrain mapping; Arizona; Phoenix; albedo; band stretches; burned regions; density; desert fire history; desert-urban environment; metropolitan area; reflectance values; remote sensing tools; unburned regions; Ecosystems; Fires; Frequency; History; Humans; Image analysis; Image reconstruction; Remote sensing; Urban areas; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Remote Sensing and Data Fusion over Urban Areas, IEEE/ISPRS Joint Workshop 2001
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7059-7
DOI :
10.1109/DFUA.2001.985862
