Global And Regional Vegetation Fire Monitoring From Space

Author : Frank J. Ahern,Johann Georg Goldammer,Christopher O. Justice
Publisher : Kugler Publications
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9051031408

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Global and Regional Vegetation Fire Monitoring from Space by Frank J. Ahern,Johann Georg Goldammer,Christopher O. Justice Pdf

Introduction Increasing conflagrations of forests and other lands throughout the world during the 1980s and 1990s have made fires in forest and other vegetation emerge as an important global concern. Both the number and severity of wildfires (accidental fires) and the application of fire for land-use change, seem to have increased dramatically compared to previous decades of the twentieth century. The adverse consequences of extensive wildfires cross national boundaries and have global impacts. Fire regimes are changing with climate variability and population dynamics. Satellite remote sensing technology has the potential to play an important role for monitoring fires and their consequences, as well as in operational fire management. In response to this need as well as to respond to other needs for more rapid progress in forest observation, in 1997 the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) initiated Global Observation of Forest Cover (GOFC) as an international pilot project to test the concepts of an Integrated Global Observing System. The GOFC program is currently part of the Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS). GOFC was designed to bring together data providers and information users to make information products from satellite and in-situ observations of forests more readily available worldwide. Fire Monitoring and Mapping was formed as one of three basic components of GOFC. This book contains eighteen contributions authored by scientists who represent the most active international research and development institutions, aiming at coordinating and improving international efforts for user-oriented systems and products. These papers were initially presented at a GOFC Fire Workshop held at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra. The volume is a contribution of the GOFC Forest Fire Monitoring and Mapping Implementation Team to the Interagency Task Force Working Group Wildland Fire of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR).

Author : Joel S. Levine
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fire ecology
ISBN : 9789280717426

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Wildland Fires and the Environment by Joel S. Levine Pdf

Author : Frederic Achard,Matthew C. Hansen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000218657

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Global Forest Monitoring from Earth Observation by Frederic Achard,Matthew C. Hansen Pdf

Covering recent developments in satellite observation data undertaken for monitoring forest areas from global to national levels, this book highlights operational tools and systems for monitoring forest ecosystems. It also tackles the technical issues surrounding the ability to produce accurate and consistent estimates of forest area changes, which are needed to report greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use changes. Written by leading global experts in the field, this book offers a launch point for future advances in satellite-based monitoring of global forest resources. It gives readers a deeper understanding of monitoring methods and shows how state-of-art technologies may soon provide key data for creating more balanced policies.

Author : CEOS Disaster Management Support Group
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Artificial satellites
ISBN : UOM:39015061859966

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CEOS, Committee on Earth Observation Satellites by CEOS Disaster Management Support Group Pdf

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9251056668

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Fire Management by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Fire management is an essential part of sustainable forest management. This publication complements the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 (FRA 2005) as an in-depth thematic study on the incidence, impact and management of forest fires in different regions of the world. It was developed from 12 regional papers prepared within the framework of the Global Wildland Fire Network of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. It provides the best estimate of the global fire situation to date and gives a good indication of the scale of the impact of vegetation fires on society, on the economy and on the environment. This global assessment will be of interest not only to fire specialists, but also to policy-makers, forest managers and those involved in collecting reliable and current information on fire in different types of vegetation. It is an important contribution to FAO's efforts to enhance international cooperation in fire management.

Author : Birendra Bajracharya,Rajesh Bahadur Thapa,Mir A. Matin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030735692

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Earth Observation Science and Applications for Risk Reduction and Enhanced Resilience in Hindu Kush Himalaya Region by Birendra Bajracharya,Rajesh Bahadur Thapa,Mir A. Matin Pdf

This open access book is a consolidation of lessons learnt and experiences gathered from our efforts to utilise Earth observation (EO) science and applications to address environmental challenges in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. It includes a complete package of knowledge on service life cycles including multi-disciplinary topics and practically tested applications for the HKH. It comprises 19 chapters drawing from a decade’s worth of experience gleaned over the course of our implementation of SERVIR-HKH – a joint initiative of NASA, USAID, and ICIMOD – to build capacity on using EO and geospatial technology for effective decision making in the region. The book highlights SERVIR’s approaches to the design and delivery of information services – in agriculture and food security; land cover and land use change, and ecosystems; water resources and hydro-climatic disasters; and weather and climate services. It also touches upon multidisciplinary topics such as service planning; gender integration; user engagement; capacity building; communication; and monitoring, evaluation, and learning. We hope that this book will be a good reference document for professionals and practitioners working in remote sensing, geographic information systems, regional and spatial sciences, climate change, ecosystems, and environmental analysis. Furthermore, we are hopeful that policymakers, academics, and other informed audiences working in sustainable development and evaluation – beyond the wider SERVIR network and well as within it – will greatly benefit from what we share here on our applications, case studies, and documentation across cross-cutting topics.

Author : Krishna Prasad Vadrevu,Toshimasa Ohara,Chris Justice
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031299162

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Vegetation Fires and Pollution in Asia by Krishna Prasad Vadrevu,Toshimasa Ohara,Chris Justice Pdf

Vegetation fires are prevalent in several regions of the world, including South/ Southeast Asia (S/SEA). Fire occurrence and spread are influenced by fuel type, topography, climate, weather, and lightning, among others. In S/SEA, human-initiated fires are responsible for most of the incidents in addition to natural factors. Through biomass burning, vegetation fires can emit large quantities of greenhouse gases and air pollutants such as CO2, CO, NOx, CH4, non-methane hydrocarbons, and other chemical species, including aerosols that can affect air quality and health at both local and regional scales. Moreover, biomass burning pollutants can travel long distances and impact regional climate. Therefore, quantifying vegetation fires and their impacts is critical at different spatial scales. This book includes contributions from renowned researchers from the USA and South/ Southeast Asia on various fire-related topics. The contributions resulted from several international meetings and workshops organized in Asia as part of the South/ Southeast Asia Research Initiative (SARI) under the NASA Land-Cover/Land-Use Change Program. The book is divided into three sections, each containing multiple contributions: a) Mapping, Monitoring, and Modeling of Vegetation Fires, b) Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Air Pollution, and c) Air Pollution Modeling and Decision Support Systems. These sections are preceded by an introductory chapter by the editors that highlights the latest satellite-derived fire statistics and the current fire situation in S/SEA. This book will be a valuable resource for remote sensing scientists, geographers, ecologists, atmospheric, climate, environmental scientists, including policymakers, and all who wish to advance their knowledge on vegetation fires and emissions in South/Southeast Asia.

Author : Dale A. Quattrochi,Elizabeth Wentz,Nina Siu-Ngan Lam,Charles W. Emerson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781315356259

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Integrating Scale in Remote Sensing and GIS by Dale A. Quattrochi,Elizabeth Wentz,Nina Siu-Ngan Lam,Charles W. Emerson Pdf

Integrating Scale in Remote Sensing and GIS serves as the most comprehensive documentation of the scientific and methodological advances that have taken place in integrating scale and remote sensing data. This work addresses the invariants of scale, the ability to change scale, measures of the impact of scale, scale as a parameter in process models, and the implementation of multiscale approaches as methods and techniques for integrating multiple kinds of remote sensing data collected at varying spatial, temporal, and radiometric scales. Researchers, instructors, and students alike will benefit from a guide that has been pragmatically divided into four thematic groups: scale issues and multiple scaling; physical scale as applied to natural resources; urban scale; and human health/social scale. Teeming with insights that elucidate the significance of scale as a foundation for geographic analysis, this book is a vital resource to those seriously involved in the field of GIScience.

Author : John J. Qu,Wei Gao,Menas Kafatos,Robert E. Murphy,Vincent V. Salomonson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783540372936

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Earth Science Satellite Remote Sensing by John J. Qu,Wei Gao,Menas Kafatos,Robert E. Murphy,Vincent V. Salomonson Pdf

This book provides information on the Earth science remote sensing data information and data format such as HDF-EOS. It evaluates the current data processing approaches and introduces data searching and ordering from different public domains. It further explores the remote sensing and GIS migration products and WebGIS applications. Both volumes are designed to give an introduction to current and future NASA, NOAA and other Earth science remote sensing.

Author : Emilio Chuvieco
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402063589

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Earth Observation of Global Change by Emilio Chuvieco Pdf

Global Change is increasingly considered a critical topic in environmental research. Remote sensing methods provide a useful tool to monitor global variables, since they provide a systematic coverage of the Earth’s surface, at different spatial, spectral and temporal resolutions. This book offers an analysis of the leading missions in global Earth observation, and reviews the main fields in which remote sensing methods are providing vital data for global change studies.

Author : John J. Qu,William Sommers,Ruixin Yang,Allen Riebau,Menas Kafatos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783642325304

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Remote Sensing Modeling and Applications to Wildland Fires by John J. Qu,William Sommers,Ruixin Yang,Allen Riebau,Menas Kafatos Pdf

Scientists and managers alike need timely, cost-effective, and technically appropriate fire-related information to develop functional strategies for the diverse fire communities. "Remote Sensing Modeling and Applications to Wildland Fires" addresses wildland fire management needs by presenting discussions that link ecology and the physical sciences from local to regional levels, views on integrated decision support data for policy and decision makers, new technologies and techniques, and future challenges and how remote sensing might help to address them. While creating awareness of wildland fire management and rehabilitation issues, hands-on experience in applying remote sensing and simulation modeling is also shared. This book will be a useful reference work for researchers, practitioners and graduate students in the fields of fire science, remote sensing and modeling applications. Professor John J. Qu works at the Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science at George Mason University (GMU), USA. He is the Founder and Director of the Environmental Science and Technology Center (ESTC) and EastFIRE Lab at GMU.

Author : Joseph P. Stoltman,John Lidstone,Lisa M. DeChano
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-03-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402028519

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International Perspectives on Natural Disasters: Occurrence, Mitigation, and Consequences by Joseph P. Stoltman,John Lidstone,Lisa M. DeChano Pdf

Reports of natural disasters fill the media with regularity. Places in the world are affected by natural disaster events every day. Such events include earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis, wildfires – the list could go on for considerable length. In the 1990s there was a concentrated focus on natural disaster information and mitigation during the International Decade for Natural Disasters Reduction (IDNDR). The information was technical and provided the basis for major initiatives in building structures designed for seismic safety, slope stability, severe storm warning systems, and global monitoring and reporting. Mitigation, or planning in the event that natural hazards prevalent in a region would suddenly become natural disasters, was a major goal of the decade-long program. During the IDNDR, this book was conceptualized, and planning for its completion began. The editors saw the need for a book that would reach a broad range of readers who were not actively or directly engaged in natural disasters relief or mitigation planning, but who were in decision-making positions that provided an open window for addressing natural disaster issues. Those people were largely elected public officials, teachers, non-governmental organization staff, and staff of faith-based organizations. Those people, for the most part, come to know very well the human and physical characteristics of the place in which they are based. With that local outreach in mind, the editors intended the book to encourage readers to: 1.

Author : Michael A. Wulder,Steven E. Franklin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461503064

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Remote Sensing of Forest Environments by Michael A. Wulder,Steven E. Franklin Pdf

Remote Sensing of Forest Environments: Concepts and Case Studies is an edited volume intended to provide readers with a state-of-the-art synopsis of the current methods and applied applications employed in remote sensing the world's forests. The contributing authors have sought to illustrate and deepen our understanding of remote sensing of forests, providing new insights and indicating opportunities that are created when forests and forest practices are considered in concert with the evolving paradigm of remote sensing science. Following background and methods sections, this book introduces a series of case studies that exemplify the ways in which remotely sensed data are operationally used, as an element of the decision-making process, and in the scientific study of forests. Remote Sensing of Forest Environments: Concepts and Case Studies is designed to meet the needs of a professional audience composed of both practitioners and researchers. This book is also suitable as a secondary text for graduate-level students in Forestry, Environmental Science, Geography, Engineering, and Computer Science.

Author : C. A. Brebbia,Giovanni Perona
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781845645847

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Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Forest Fires III by C. A. Brebbia,Giovanni Perona Pdf

Forest fires analysis and mitigation requires the development of computer codes that can take into consideration a large number of different parameters. The papers in this book, presented at the third in a successful series on the topic, cover the latest research and applications of available computational tools to analyse and predict the spread of forest fires in an attempt to prevent or reduce major loss of life and property as well as damage to the environment. Featured topics include: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment; Computational Methods and Experiments; Environmental Impact Models; Air Pollution and Health Risk Models; Eco-Remediation Models; Decision Support Systems;Monitoring Systems; Emergency Response Systems; Economic Impact; Human Behaviour and Education, Rural-Urban Interface; Case Studies.

Author : Emilio Chuvieco
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642601644

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Remote Sensing of Large Wildfires by Emilio Chuvieco Pdf

The book provides a systematic review of the different applications for remote sensing and geographical information system techniques in research and management of forest fires. The authors have been involved in this field of research for several years. The book also benefits from data generated within the Megafires project, founded under the DG-XII of the European Union. A clear integration of research and experience is provided. New data gathered from fires affecting European countries between 1991 and 1997 are included as well as satellite images and auxiliary cartographic information. Geographic Information System files have been included in the attached CD-ROM depicting land cover, elevation, Koeppen classification climates and NOAA-AVHRR data of all European Mediterranean Europe at 1 sq km resolution. All these files are in Idrisi format and can be easily accessed from any GIS program. An Idrisi viewer has also been included in the CD-ROM.