Towards Automated Fire Monitoring From Space: Semi-Automated Mapping of the January 1994 New South Wales Wildfires Using AVHRR Data.
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by CSIRO Publishing in International Journal of Wildland Fire
- Vol. 6 (3) , 107-116
- https://doi.org/10.1071/wf9960107
Abstract
The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) is capable of providing low cost thermal data in which wild-fires can easily be detected. Data are available for large areas (~ 3000 x 6000 km) at-least 4 times a day, and can be received directly by the user. An automated hot-spot detection technique inserted into the data stream could therefore provide timely fire information for wild-fire monitoring. Such an automated technique is applied to AVHRR data acquired for the wild-fires which burnt extensive areas in New South Wales, Australia, during January 1994. The technique allows rapid production of fire maps. These revealed a number of major fires burning mainly within the National Parks, impacting on settlements and roads. Such a synoptic view of these fire events would be difficult to obtain using any other means.Keywords
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