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Other Authors: Bennett, Roger P. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova/Nova Science Publishers,, Inc. [2011]
Series:Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • FIRE DETECTION
  • LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • EARLY DETECTION OF FOREST FIRES FROM SPACE BASED ON THE RTM METHOD
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART 1. MONITORING OF BOREAL FOREST FIRES IN THE TOMSK REGION OF WESTERN SIBERIA
  • 1.1. IMAGE PROCESSING
  • 1.2. RESULTS
  • PART 2. SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS OF THE TEMPERATURE MONITORING OF THE EARTHâ€?S SURFACE FROM SPACE ON THE BASIS OF THE RTM METHOD
  • 2.1. Formulation of the Problem of Fire Detection From Space
  • 2.2. RETRIEVAL OF THE LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE 2.3. DISTORTIONS OF THERMAL RADIATION BY MOLECULAR ATMOSPHERE
  • 2.3.1. Selective Absorption by Spectral Lines of Atmospheric Gases
  • 2.3.2. Continuum Absorption by Spectral Line Wings of Atmospheric Gases
  • 2.3.3. Influence of Errors in Setting Profiles of Meteorological Parameters
  • PART 3. APPLICATIONS OF THE RTM METHOD
  • 3.1. Structure of the Program Complex
  • 3.2. AN EXAMPLE OF THE RTM METHOD APPLICATION
  • 3.3. APPLICATION OF THE RTM METHOD TO DETECTION OF HIGH- TEMPERATURE OBJECTS
  • 3.3.1. Description of the Algorithm Based on the RTM Method 3.3.2. Detection Results
  • CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • FIRE SURVEILLANCE AND EVALUATION BY MEANS OF LIDAR TECHNIQUE
  • ABSTRACT
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. PRINCIPLES OF SMOKE DETECTION BY LIDAR
  • 2.1. Fundamentals of the Lidar Technique
  • 2.2. Receiver and Clutter Noise
  • 2.3. Smoke Plume Structure
  • 2.4. Interaction of Smoke Plume with Laser Radiation
  • 2.5. Eye Safety
  • 3. IMPLEMENTATION
  • 4. APPLICATIONS
  • 4.1. Study of Smoke Dynamics
  • 4.2. Forest-Fire Detection 4.3. Fire Detection in Industrial Environment
  • 5. AUTOMATED DETECTION
  • 6. LIDAR AND OTHER FIRE DETECTION METHODS
  • 7. CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • AN INTRODUCTION TO UNCERTAINTY IN REMOTELY SENSED FIRE MAPS AND HISTORIC FIRE REGIME RECONSTRUCTIONS
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ERROR, UNCERTAINTY AND CONFIDENCE
  • OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING AND UNCERTAINTY
  • HETEROGENEITY AND FIRE MAPPING
  • UNCERTAINTY AND HARD/SOFT CLASSIFICATION FOR FIRE MAPPING
  • ACCURACY ASSESSMENT
  • CASE STUDY
  • Labeling Mapped Confidence In A Historic Fire Regime Reconstruction Background
  • Methods
  • Classification of Burn Areas
  • GIS Database
  • Results
  • Seasonalit y/area/size m managed fire r regime elemen nts
  • Frequency/Return-Interval Managed Fire Regime Element
  • Spatial Pattern Managed Fire Regime Element
  • Mapped Confidence and Fire Boundary Degradation
  • Discussion
  • Uncertainty, Variability, and Fire Regime Elements
  • Fire Boundary Degradation
  • UNCERTAINTY AND FUTURE OF FIRE MAPPING
  • ACKNOWLEGMENTS
  • REFERENCES