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What is Landsat 7

Chapter 11
Predicting, Monitoring, and Assessing Forest Fire Dangers and Risks
The seventh satellite of the Landsat program. Launched on April 15, 1999, Landsat 7's primary goal is to refresh the global archive of satellite photos, providing up-to-date and cloud-free images.
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Classification of Territory on Forest Fire Danger Level Using GIS and Remote Sensing
Elena Petrovna Yankovich (Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia) and Ksenia S. Yankovich (University of Paris 7 (Paris Diderot University), France)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1867-0.ch011
Abstract
The vegetation cover is the most important factor in forest fires, because it reflects the presence of forest fuels. The study of the variability of the vegetation cover, as well as observation of its condition, allows estimating the level of fire danger of the forest quarter. The work presents a geo-information system containing a set of tools to determine the level of fire danger of the forest quarter. The system is able to predict (determine the probability) and classify forest quarters according to the level of fire danger. The assessment of forest fire danger of Tomsk forestry of Tomsk region has been carried out. Fire probability maps of forest quarters were created based on remote sensing data and ArcGIS software.
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