<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Variety of radiation power of wildfire was investigated by processing TERRA/Modis imagery in 4 μm spectral band. Fire radiative power (FRP) was used for calibrating high-temperature event database obtained by the satellite technique. An analysis was performed on the database of Siberian wildfires for 2010- 2012. Dynamics of FRP was investigated for a number of wildfires including some cases of crown fire. FRP variation was evaluated for various forest zones of Siberia. Classification of wildfires was elaborated in terms of FRP value as a GIS-layer over the territory of Siberia.</p></abstract>

Variety of radiation power of wildfire was investigated by processing TERRA/Modis imagery in 4 μm spectral band. Fire radiative power (FRP) was used for calibrating high-temperature event database obtained by the satellite technique. An analysis was performed on the database of Siberian wildfires for 2010- 2012. Dynamics of FRP was investigated for a number of wildfires including some cases of crown fire. FRP variation was evaluated for various forest zones of Siberia. Classification of wildfires was elaborated in terms of FRP value as a GIS-layer over the territory of Siberia.

Radiative power of wildfires in Siberia on the basis of TERRA/Modis imagery processing

Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Laboratory of Forest Monitoring, Akademgorodok 50/28, 660036 Krasnoyarsk, Russia, phone: +7 391 2494092

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Variety of radiation power of wildfire was investigated by processing TERRA/Modis imagery in 4 μm spectral band. Fire radiative power (FRP) was used for...

Radiative power of wildfires in Siberia on the basis of TERRA/Modis imagery processing

Published Online: Oct 12, 2013

Page range: 102 - 110

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2013-00011

Keywords
wildfire, radiative power, FRP, high-temperature event

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Radiative power of wildfires in Siberia on the basis of TERRA/Modis imagery processing

Published Online: Oct 12, 2013

Page range: 102 - 110

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2013-00011

Keywordswildfire, radiative power, FRP, high-temperature event

This content is open access.

Keywords
wildfire, radiative power, FRP, high-temperature event