U.S. Geological Survey development of a Landsat-based Fire Disturbance ECV
By: Susan Stitt, John D. Guthrie, Todd Hawbaker, and Mary S. Dolhancey
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Abstract
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is the steward of the Landsat archive which includes satellite imagery dating back to 1972. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have specified requirements to systematically observe atmosphere, ocean, and land characteristics, or Essential Climate Variables (ECVs). The Global Climate Observing System has developed formal specifications for ECVs that are technically and economically feasible for systematic ECV observation. Fire Disturbance is one of the 14 Terrestrial ECVs, and is defined as “burned area” supplemented by “active fires” and fire radiated power” (FRP) measurements. Landsat’s temporal resolution and sensor characteristics make it suitable for mapping burned area, but not suitable for monitoring active fires or FRP. In this paper, we describe the development of a database for calibration, verification, and validation of a Landsat-based burned area ECV, along with the algorithms to be tested against that database.
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Stitt, S., Guthrie, J.D., Hawbaker, T., and Dolhancey, M.S., 2011, U.S. Geological Survey development of a Landsat-based Fire Disturbance ECV, in 34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment: The GEOSS Era: Towards Operational Environmental Monitoring: April 10-15, 2011, Sydney, Australia: Proceedings, 4 p.
| Publication type | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | U.S. Geological Survey development of a Landsat-based Fire Disturbance ECV |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | International Symposium for Remote Sensing of the Environment |
| Contributing office(s) | Rocky Mountain Geographic Science Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Conference publication |
| Larger Work Title | 34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment: The GEOSS Era: Towards Operational Environmental Monitoring: April 10-15, 2011, Sydney, Australia: Proceedings |