Vegetation burned areas derived from multiple satellite-based active fires

Xiaoyang Zhang; Shobha Kondragunta

doi:10.1117/12.799415

27 August 2008 Vegetation burned areas derived from multiple satellite-based active fires

Xiaoyang Zhang, Shobha Kondragunta

Proceedings Volume 7089, Remote Sensing of Fire: Science and Application; 70890D (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.799415
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Biomass burning releases a significant amount of trace gases and aerosol emissions into the atmosphere. If unaccounted for in the modeling of climate, carbon cycle, and air quality, it leads to large uncertainties. The amount of biomass burning emissions depends significantly on burned areas. This study estimates near-real time burned areas from multiple satellite-based active fires in Hazard Mapping System (HMS) developed in NOAA, which capitalizes automated fire detections from Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Imager, Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). The HMS fire counts are compared with a set of Landsat ETM+ burn scars for various ecosystems to investigate the rate of burned area in a fire count. The fire size and fire duration derived from multiple satellites are then used to calculate burned area every half hour. The estimated burned areas are evaluated using national inventory of burned area across the United States for 2005.

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Xiaoyang Zhang and Shobha Kondragunta "Vegetation burned areas derived from multiple satellite-based active fires", Proc. SPIE 7089, Remote Sensing of Fire: Science and Application, 70890D (27 August 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.799415

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