DocumentCode
2283567
Title
Desert fire history and effects on the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area
Author
Wentz, Elizabeth ; Anderson, Sharolyn ; Stefanov, William ; Briggs, John
Author_Institution
Dept. of Geogr., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
154
Lastpage
158
Abstract
The goal of the present research is to utilize remote sensing tools to reconstruct the extent and impact of fires in a desert-urban environment. Our results indicate that simple band stretches and albedo data successfully discriminated burned versus unburned regions. Variations in reflectance values between burned and unburned regions can be related directly to density of vegetation in these areas
Keywords
fires; terrain mapping; Arizona; Phoenix; albedo; band stretches; burned regions; density; desert fire history; desert-urban environment; metropolitan area; reflectance values; remote sensing tools; unburned regions; Ecosystems; Fires; Frequency; History; Humans; Image analysis; Image reconstruction; Remote sensing; Urban areas; Vegetation mapping;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Remote Sensing and Data Fusion over Urban Areas, IEEE/ISPRS Joint Workshop 2001
Conference_Location
Rome
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7059-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/DFUA.2001.985862
Filename
985862
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