2002
DOI: 10.1139/x02-052
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Generation of fuel type maps from Landsat TM images and ancillary data in Mediterranean ecosystems

Abstract: This paper presents methods to generate fuel type maps from remote sensing data at a spatial and temporal scale adequate for operational fire management applications. Fuel type maps account for structural characteristics of vegetation related to fire behaviour and fire propagation. A fuel type classification system adapted to the ecological characteristics of the European Mediterranean basin was adopted for this study. The Cabañeros National Park (in central Spain) area was selected for testing and validating … Show more

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“…Fuel types are therefore described according to the spatial distribution of these three major groups. Fire behaviour is then modelled by taking into account fuel height and density (Riano et al, 2002). This classification system comprises seven fuel types (Fig.…”
Section: Fire Models In Europementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fuel types are therefore described according to the spatial distribution of these three major groups. Fire behaviour is then modelled by taking into account fuel height and density (Riano et al, 2002). This classification system comprises seven fuel types (Fig.…”
Section: Fire Models In Europementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fires burning in the crown fuel strata are often extremely intense and nearly impossible to control (Pyne et al, 1996). Since fuel stratum relationships are extremely complex, fire managers often describe fuels by grouping vegetation communities, based upon similar potential fire behavior, into fuel types (Riano et al, 2002) or fuel models (e.g. National Forest Fire Laboratory (NFFL 1-13) (Anderson, 1982).…”
Section: Fuels Mappingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Wilson et al (1994) applied maximum likelihood decision rules to a Landsat MSS image to directly classify fuel types across Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada. Riano et al (2002) improved a fuel type classification by incorporating two seasonal Landsat TM images, to account for phenological differences in vegetation, into a classification algorithm. Remotely sensed hyperspectral data have also been used to map fuel types and vegetation moisture content for a chaparral community in Southern California (Roberts et al, 1998;Roberts et al, 2003).…”
Section: Remote Sensing Of Surface Fuelsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fuel types are frequently created to account for the vegetation characteristics of a particular region, such as the case of the fuels created for Southeast Asia (Dymond et al, 2004), or for the Mediterranean ecosystems (PROMETHEUS S.V. Project, 1999;Riaño et al, 2002). When fuel types are used as input to fire behavior models they are converted to fuel models, which include the specific parameters necessary to run fire simulation programs.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%