Improvement and validation of MODIS performance in automated detection and extent estimate of wildfires

Author

Hirn, Barbara ; Bartola, Concettina Di ; Ferrucci, Fabrizio

Author_Institution

IES Consulting - Intelligence for Environ. & Security, Rome

fYear

2007

fDate

23-28 July 2007

Firstpage

3004

Lastpage

3007

Abstract

Global MODIS Fire products (MOD14) are routinely generated by automated application of the Giglio algorithm (Giglio et al., 2003, Remote Sensing of Environment 87, 273-282) on daytime and night-time data collected up to four time a day. We present here the results and the validation of an Improved Giglio Algorithm for the Detection of Italian Fires (IGADIF). IGADIF presents substantial innovation in the computing of (two) physical parameter estimates at sub-pixel resolution: the top fractional temperature present in candidate Hot-Spot pixels, and the total area involved in the burnout. GIS validation of IGADIF and MOD-14 results are conducted considering two independent set of ground truth data, the record of fire extinguishing operations carried out by the Italian National Firemen Corps (NFC), and the burn scars obtained from ASTER.

Keywords

atmospheric movements; atmospheric techniques; climatology; fires; image resolution; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; IGADIF; Italian fires detection; MODIS; automated detection; fire extinguishing operations; improved Giglio algorithm; sub-pixel resolution; wildfires; Clouds; Dual band; Fires; Geographic Information Systems; MODIS; Parameter estimation; Physics computing; Spatial resolution; Technological innovation; Temperature sensors; Hot-spots; MODIS; Wild-fires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1211-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1212-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423477

Filename

4423477