FIRE DETECTION -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- EARLY DETECTION OF FOREST FIRES FROM SPACE BASED ON THE RTM METHOD -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1. MONITORING OF BOREAL FOREST FIRES IN THE TOMSK REGION OF WESTERN SIBERIA -- 1.1. IMAGE PROCESSING -- 1.2. RESULTS -- PART 2. SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS OF THE TEMPERATURE MONITORING OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE FROM SPACE ON THE BASIS OF THE RTM METHOD -- 2.1. Formulation of the Problem of Fire Detection From Space -- 2.2. RETRIEVAL OF THE LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE -- 2.3. DISTORTIONS OF THERMAL RADIATION BY MOLECULAR ATMOSPHERE -- 2.3.1. Selective Absorption by Spectral Lines of Atmospheric Gases -- 2.3.2.Continuum Absorption by Spectral Line Wings of Atmospheric Gases -- 2.3.3. Influence of Errors in Setting Profiles of Meteorological Parameters -- PART 3. APPLICATIONS OF THE RTM METHOD -- 3.1. Structure of the Program Complex -- 3.2. AN EXAMPLE OF THE RTM METHOD APPLICATION -- 3.3. APPLICATION OF THE RTM METHOD TO DETECTION OF HIGH- TEMPERATURE OBJECTS -- 3.3.1. Description of the Algorithm Based on the RTM Method -- 3.3.2. Detection Results -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- FIRE SURVEILLANCE AND EVALUATION BY MEANS OF LIDAR TECHNIQUE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PRINCIPLES OF SMOKE DETECTION BY LIDAR -- 2.1. Fundamentals of the Lidar Technique -- 2.2. Receiver and Clutter Noise -- 2.3. Smoke Plume Structure -- 2.4. Interaction of Smoke Plume with Laser Radiation -- 2.5. Eye Safety -- 3. IMPLEMENTATION -- 4. APPLICATIONS -- 4.1. Study of Smoke Dynamics -- 4.2. Forest-Fire Detection -- 4.3. Fire Detection in Industrial Environment -- 5. AUTOMATED DETECTION -- 6. LIDAR AND OTHER FIRE DETECTION METHODS -- 7. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

AN INTRODUCTION TO UNCERTAINTY IN REMOTELY SENSED FIRE MAPS AND HISTORIC FIRE REGIME RECONSTRUCTIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ERROR, UNCERTAINTY AND CONFIDENCE -- OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING AND UNCERTAINTY -- HETEROGENEITY AND FIRE MAPPING -- UNCERTAINTY AND HARD/SOFT CLASSIFICATION FOR FIRE MAPPING -- ACCURACY ASSESSMENT -- CASE STUDY -- Labeling Mapped Confidence In A Historic Fire Regime Reconstruction -- Background -- Methods -- Classification of Burn Areas -- GIS Database -- Results -- Seasonalit y/area/size m managed fire r regime elemen nts -- Frequency/Return-Interval Managed Fire Regime Element -- Spatial Pattern Managed Fire Regime Element -- Mapped Confidence and Fire Boundary Degradation -- Discussion -- Uncertainty, Variability, and Fire Regime Elements -- Fire Boundary Degradation -- UNCERTAINTY AND FUTURE OF FIRE MAPPING -- ACKNOWLEGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- AEROSOL AND TRACE GAS RETRIEVALS FROM REMOTE SENSING FIRE PRODUCTS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- 2.1. Study Area -- 2.2. Model Description -- 2.3 Fire Products and FRP-Based Coefficients -- 2.4 Source Emission Parameterization and Evaluation With Observed Data -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS -- 3.1. CCATT-BRAMS Surface Simulation -- 3.2. CO Spatial Distribution and Profiles -- 3.3. 2002 South America Biomass Burned -- 4. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE ROLE OF MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS IN DETECTING PAST FIRE SIGNATURES IN SOILS AND SEDIMENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FIRE-INDUCED MAGNETIC MINERALS AND DIAGNOSTIC SIGNATURES -- APPLICATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- FOREST AND FIRE RISK DYNAMICS IN THE GREAT XING'AN MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN CHINA: A SPATIAL SIMULATION STUDY -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. METHOD -- 2.1. Study Area -- 2.2. Description of LANDIS -- 2.3. Parameterization of LANDIS.

2.3.1. Species Attributes and Forest Composition Map -- 2.3.2. Ecological Land Types Map -- 2.4. Fire Regime -- 2.5. Simulation Scenarios -- 3. RESULTS -- 3.1. Verification of the Simulated Fire Regimes -- 3.2. Tree Species Composition and Age Structure -- 3.3. Fuel Load and Fire Risk -- 4. DISCUSSION -- 4.1. Forest Composition and Age Structure -- 4.2. Fire -- 4.3. Fuel Accumulation and Fire Risk -- 4.4. Implication for Natural Disturbance-Based Forest Management -- 4.5. Some Limitations -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DETECTION OF THE POSITIONS AND COMPUTING THE RATE OF SPREAD OF FIRE FRONTS USING A RADIATIVE FLAME MODEL AND INVERSE METHOD* -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE WIRELESS THERMAL SENSOR AND THE EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY -- 3. DERIVATION OF A SIMPLIFIED RADIATIVE FLAME MODEL -- 4. INVERSE METHOD -- 5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 6. THEORETICAL EXTRAPOLATION OF THE METHODOLOGY TO ANY SHAPE OF FIRE FRONT -- 7. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- LARGE SCALE FOREST FIRES IN ALASKA: DETECTION AND PREVENTION* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. OUTLINE OF ALASKAN FOREST FIRES IN LAST HALF-CENTURY -- 1.1. Brief Overview on Alaska and Vegetation -- 1.2. Forest Fire History Map and Data -- 1.3. Recent Fire Activity -- 2. FOREST FIRES AND WEATHER TRENDS IN ALASKA FIRE AND WEATHER IN LAST HALF-CENTURY -- 2.1. General Trends -- 2.2. High Fire Years and Weather -- 2.3. Low Forest-Fire Years and Weather -- 3. RECENT DETAIL FIRE ANALYSIS USING HOTSPOTS BY SATELLITES AND WEATHER DATA IN SITU -- 3.1. Fire Monitoring by Satellites and Fire Occurrence Tendency in 2004 -- 3.2 Smoke from Forest Fires and Fire Expansion Observed by Satellite -- 3.3. The Boundary Fire And Weather In Situ -- 3.4 Detailed Fire Expansion Analysis Using Hotspot Data -- 3.5 Fire Weather Parameters and Fire Behavior According to MODIS.

4. FOR FUTURE FIRE PREVENTION STRATEGY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.