USGS Fact Sheet 2005–3066: USGS Fire Science: Fire Danger Monitoring and Forecasting

USGS Fire Science: Fire Danger Monitoring and Forecasting

By U.S. Geological Survey

Archived Publication—Most of the information contained in this publication is no longer current and is not expected to be updated.

Summary -or- Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has advanced the use of moderate-resolution satellite data in a decision support system for assessing national fire potential. Weekly updated digital images of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), based on data acquired at 1-kilometer (km) resolu-tion (about 0.6 mile), have been used for the past 16 years as a means to assess live vegetation conditions for the purpose of rating fire danger. These images, produced and monitored through the growing season, portray the approximate time of greenup and senescence, as well as the relative amount and condition of growing plants.

First posted March 2005

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U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, USGS fire science: fire danger monitoring and forecasting: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005–3066, 1 p., available only online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3066/.