Satellite remote sensing of active fires: History and current status, applications and future requirements
Landscape fire is a widespread, somewhat unpredictable phenomena that plays an
important part in Earth's biogeochemical cycling. In many biomes worldwide fire also …
important part in Earth's biogeochemical cycling. In many biomes worldwide fire also …
The New VIIRS 375 m active fire detection data product: Algorithm description and initial assessment
Abstract The first Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) was launched in October
2011 aboard the Suomi-National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite. The VIIRS …
2011 aboard the Suomi-National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite. The VIIRS …
Biomass burning fuel consumption rates: a field measurement database
Landscape fires show large variability in the amount of biomass or fuel consumed per unit
area burned. Fuel consumption (FC) depends on the biomass available to burn and the …
area burned. Fuel consumption (FC) depends on the biomass available to burn and the …
Climate‐driven tree mortality and fuel aridity increase wildfire's potential heat flux
Wildfire is capable of rapidly releasing the energy stored in forests, with the amount of water
in live and dead biomass acting as a regulator on the amount and rate of energy release …
in live and dead biomass acting as a regulator on the amount and rate of energy release …
[HTML][HTML] Multi-resolution monitoring of the 2023 maui wildfires, implications and needs for satellite-based wildfire disaster monitoring
The August 2023 wildfires over the island of Maui, Hawaii were one of the deadliest US
wildfire incidents on record with 100 deaths and an estimated US $5.5 billion cost. This …
wildfire incidents on record with 100 deaths and an estimated US $5.5 billion cost. This …
Towards a new paradigm in fire severity research using dose–response experiments
Most landscape-scale fire severity research relies on correlations between field measures of
fire effects and relatively simple spectral reflectance indices that are not direct measures of …
fire effects and relatively simple spectral reflectance indices that are not direct measures of …
Measurements relating fire radiative energy density and surface fuel consumption–RxCADRE 2011 and 2012
Small-scale experiments have demonstrated that fire radiative energy is linearly related to
fuel combusted but such a relationship has not been shown at the landscape level of …
fuel combusted but such a relationship has not been shown at the landscape level of …
Assessing landscape vulnerability to wildfire in the USA
Wildfire is an ever present, natural process sha** landscapes. Having the ability to
accurately measure and predict wildfire occurrence and impacts to ecosystem goods and …
accurately measure and predict wildfire occurrence and impacts to ecosystem goods and …
Towards spatially explicit quantification of pre-and postfire fuels and fuel consumption from traditional and point cloud measurements
Methods to accurately estimate spatially explicit fuel consumption are needed because
consumption relates directly to fire behavior, effects, and smoke emissions. Our objective …
consumption relates directly to fire behavior, effects, and smoke emissions. Our objective …
Estimating wildfire fuel consumption with multitemporal airborne laser scanning data and demonstrating linkage with MODIS-derived fire radiative energy
Characterizing pre-and post-fire fuels remains a key challenge for estimating biomass
consumption and carbon emissions from wildfires. Airborne laser scanning (ALS) data have …
consumption and carbon emissions from wildfires. Airborne laser scanning (ALS) data have …