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What other information about forest fires (besides location) can be derived from satellite sensors?

April 26, 2017derived fires forest location satellite sensors

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What other information about forest fires (besides location) can be derived from satellite sensors?

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In addition to detecting actively burning fires, AVHRR is used in Fire M3 to monitor the location of thick smoke plumes and cloud. Affected burned areas are also mapped after a fire using SPOT VGT, Landsat TM, and AVHRR. We are currently developing techniques to measure the severity of vegetation damage caused by fire.