Title :
Earth observations for complementing vegetation definition and distribution: An example for fire propagation
Author :
Blonda, P. ; Chaabane, F. ; Dimitropoulos, K. ; Grammalidis, N. ; Rejichi, S. ; Santi, E. ; Tarantino, C. ; Torri, D.
Author_Institution :
CNR-ISSIA, Bari, Italy
Abstract :
Vegetation spatial distribution is an important part in any study implying biodiversity and, more generally, landscape management. Here the problem is exemplified by studies aimed at providing the vegetation distribution needed for simulating wildfire propagation.
Keywords :
fires; flames; geophysical image processing; image classification; smoke; vegetation mapping; Earth observations; FIRESENSE; automatic flame detection; automatic smoke detection; biodiversity; flame recognition; fuel models; ground truth sampling; image classification algorithms; image processing algorithms; landscape management; smoke recognition; vegetation definition; vegetation distribution; vegetation evaluation; vegetation maps; vegetation spatial distribution; wildfire propagation simulation; Classification algorithms; Fires; Fuels; Mathematical model; Support vector machines; Vegetation; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Space Technology (ICST), 2011 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1874-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICSpT.2011.6064650
