Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
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