Satellite remote sensing of active fires: History and current status, applications and future requirements

MJ Wooster, GJ Roberts, L Giglio, DP Roy… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Landscape fire is a widespread, somewhat unpredictable phenomena that plays an
important part in Earth's biogeochemical cycling. In many biomes worldwide fire also …

NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms

K Cawse-Nicholson, PA Townsend, D Schimel… - Remote sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2017–2027 National Academies' Decadal Survey, Thriving on Our Changing
Planet, recommended Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) as a “Designated Targeted …

[HTML][HTML] The collection 6 MODIS active fire detection algorithm and fire products

L Giglio, W Schroeder, CO Justice - Remote sensing of environment, 2016 - Elsevier
The two Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments, on-board
NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites, have provided more than a decade of global fire data …

Interannual variability in global biomass burning emissions from 1997 to 2004

GR van der Werf, JT Randerson, L Giglio… - Atmospheric …, 2006 - acp.copernicus.org
Biomass burning represents an important source of atmospheric aerosols and greenhouse
gases, yet little is known about its interannual variability or the underlying mechanisms …

Remote sensing techniques to assess active fire characteristics and post-fire effects

LB Lentile, ZA Holden, AMS Smith… - … Journal of Wildland …, 2006 - CSIRO Publishing
Space and airborne sensors have been used to map area burned, assess characteristics of
active fires, and characterize post-fire ecological effects. Confusion about fire intensity, fire …

Retrieval of biomass combustion rates and totals from fire radiative power observations: FRP derivation and calibration relationships between biomass consumption …

MJ Wooster, G Roberts, GLW Perry… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Estimates of wildfire aerosol and trace gas emissions are most commonly derived from
assessments of biomass combusted. The radiative component of the energy liberated by …

An active-fire based burned area map** algorithm for the MODIS sensor

L Giglio, T Loboda, DP Roy, B Quayle… - Remote sensing of …, 2009 - Elsevier
We present an automated method for map** burned areas using 500-m Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) imagery coupled with 1-km MODIS active …

Forest disturbance and recovery: A general review in the context of spaceborne remote sensing of impacts on aboveground biomass and canopy structure

S Frolking, MW Palace, DB Clark… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abrupt forest disturbances generating gaps> 0.001 km2 impact roughly 0.4–0.7 million km2
a− 1. Fire, windstorms, logging, and shifting cultivation are dominant disturbances; minor …

Vegetation fire emissions and their impact on air pollution and climate

B Langmann, B Duncan, C Textor, J Trentmann… - Atmospheric …, 2009 - Elsevier
Gaseous and particulate emissions from vegetation fires substantially modify the
atmospheric chemical composition, degrade air quality and can alter weather and climate …

Global wildland fire emissions from 1960 to 2000

MG Schultz, A Heil, JJ Hoelzemann… - Global …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In many regions of the world, fires are an important and highly variable source of air
pollutant emissions, and they thus constitute a significant if not dominant factor controlling …