Author: Emilio Chuvieco
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9789812791177
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book presents a wide range of techniques for extracting information from satellite remote sensing images in forest fire danger assessment. It covers the main concepts involved in fire danger rating, and analyses the inputs derived from remotely sensed data for mapping fire danger at both the local and global scale. The questions addressed concern the estimation of fuel moisture content, the description of fuel structural properties, the estimation of meteorological danger indices, the analysis of human factors associated with fire ignition, and the integration of different risk factors in a geographic information system for fire danger management.
Author: Patricia L. Andrews
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A computer program, FIRES: Fire Information Retrieval and Evaluation System, provides methods for evaluating the performance of fire danger rating indexes. The relationship between fire danger indexes and historical fire occurrence and size is examined through logistic regression and percentiles. Historical seasonal trends of fire danger and fire occurrence can be plotted and compared. Methods for defining critical levels of fire danger are provided. The paper includes a review of NFDRS philosophy and application, a description of input and output, and a summary of fire danger rating programs and data bases and their relationship to FIRES.
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher:
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 1228
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index