Title :
Forest fire detection in Far East Region of Russia with NOAA-15 in 1998
Author_Institution :
Comput. Center, Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
This paper describes the forest fire detection with 1.6 micro meter band which has boarded NOAA-15 satellite in AVHRR channel 3A. The target area was Far East Region of Russia where many forest fires occurred in 1998. Channel 3A shows the superiority for the burning area
Keywords :
forestry; geophysical techniques; pollution; pollution measurement; remote sensing; vegetation mapping; 1.6 mum; AD 1998; AVHRR; Asia; Far East; IR imaging; NOAA-15; Russia; burning area; channel 3A; forest fire; forest fire detection; forestry; geophysical measurement technique; infrared radiometry; pollution; remote sensing; satellite remote sensing; vegetation mapping; Fires; Focusing; Layout; Satellites; Temperature; Testing; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.773440
