Fire detection by AVHRR: toward a new approach for operational monitoring

Rosa Lasaponara; Vincenzo Cuomo; Valerio Tramutoli

doi:10.1117/12.332769

11 December 1998 Fire detection by AVHRR: toward a new approach for operational monitoring

Rosa Lasaponara, Vincenzo Cuomo, Valerio Tramutoli

Proceedings Volume 3499, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.332769
Event: Remote Sensing, 1998, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

The most commonly used fire detection methods based on AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer aboard NOAA satellites) observations have been applied, in this work, to the Italian Peninsula, in order to assess their effectiveness and robustness in an operational scheme for fire monitoring in different areas. The analysis developed so far shows that unsuccessful results obtained from existing detection methods mainly depend on the use of generalized, fixed threshold values, in the fire-detection tests. A new fire-detection technique, based on the most general RAT (Robust AVHRR Technique) approach, is proposed in this work. It seems able to join good performances, typically associated with techniques based on locally tuned thresholds, with high operational exportability, achieved by an automated implementation scheme completely based on AVHRR data hands. Improvements achievable by using this new approach over the Italian Peninsula, have been evaluated (for several forest- fire events and different observational conditions) by comparison with the historical records of the Italian Forestry Service.

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Rosa Lasaponara, Vincenzo Cuomo, and Valerio Tramutoli "Fire detection by AVHRR: toward a new approach for operational monitoring", Proc. SPIE 3499, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology, (11 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.332769

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