USGS Fire Science: Fire Danger Monitoring and Forecasting
Fact Sheet
2005-3066
By: Jeff Eidenshink
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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) resolution (about 0.6 mi), have been used for the past 19 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.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | USGS Fire Science: Fire Danger Monitoring and Forecasting |
| Series title | Fact Sheet |
| Series number | 2005-3066 |
| DOI | 10.3133/fs20053066 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 2007 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
| Description | 1 p. |
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