Analysis of Forest Fire Smoke Using Satellite Imagery.

Abstract

NOAA-9 AVHRR data from 17 and 18 September 1987 were used to perform forest fire smoke analysis and tracking. The analysis included alignment, subtraction and division of image digital values to produce an Aerosol Particle Size Index (S12) after Frost (1988). S12 provides information about the slope of the aerosol particle size distribution curve and can be used to infer particle size distribution changes over time. The results provide evidence that the smoke aging process may be successfully studied using satellite imagery, provided careful analysis and removal of background effects are performed. Keywords:Remote sensing; Nuclear winter; Forest fire smoke; Nuclear warfare; Military thesis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA210657

Entities

People

  • Peter J. De Vries Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Artificial Satellites
  • California
  • Climate Change
  • Combustion
  • Distribution Curves
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Light Scattering
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Optical Properties
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Refractive Index
  • Satellite Imaging
  • Scattering

Readers

  • Forest Ecology
  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference
  • Space