Title :
A study of the 1997 forest fires in south east Asia using SPOT quicklook mosaics
Author :
Liew, Soo Chin ; Lim, Oo Kaw ; Kwoh, Leong Keong ; Lim, Hock
Author_Institution :
Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing & Process., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
The ground station at the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP), Singapore has acquired numerous SPOT images of the region during the 1997 forest fire episode in South Asia with almost complete coverage of Sumatra and Borneo. Mosaics of the SPOT quicklook images have been generated to provide a synoptic view of the areal extent of the fires affected areas. The total area of burnt scars was estimated to be 1.50×106 ha in Sumatra and 3.06×106 ha in Kalimantan
Keywords :
air pollution measurement; fires; geophysical signal processing; image classification; remote sensing; AD 1997; Borneo; CRISP; Centre for Remote Imaging Sensing and Processing; Indonesia; Kalimantan; SPOT images; SPOT quicklook mosaics; Sumatra; burnt scars; forest fires; quicklook images; south east Asia; synoptic view; Aerosols; Asia; Fires; Image resolution; Image sensors; Layout; Pixel; Remote monitoring; Satellite broadcasting; Sensor phenomena and characterization;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.699613