Utilizing Multi-Sensor Fire Detections to Map Fires in the United States

In 2006, the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) project began a cooperative effort between the US Forest Service (USFS) and the U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) to map and assess burn severity all large fires that have occurred in the United States since 1984. Using Landsat imagery, MTBS is manda...

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Main Authors: S. M. Howard, J. J. Picotte, M. J. Coan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-11-01
Series:The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Online Access:http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XL-1/161/2014/isprsarchives-XL-1-161-2014.pdf