We explore the large spatial variation in the relationship between population density and burned area, using continental-scale Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) based on 13 years of satellite-derived burned area maps from the global fire emissions database (GFED) and the human population density from the gridded population of the world (GPW 2005). Significant relationships are observed o...

Multispectral classification, one of the most commonly used methods for mapping burned areas, is based on the spectral properties of different classes of interest and employs special algorithms designed to perform various types of spectral analysis. However, the use of these classifications has been repeatedly reported to create confusion between burned areas and nonvegetation categories, espec...

Spatial and temporal analysis of MODIS and AVHRR images have been carried out to discriminate burned areas from other land covers. Spatial and temporal analysis were performed based on statistical separability and temporal changes. The objective of these analysis was to find out the most sensitive bands for burned land mapping in order to design spectral indices better adapted to the discrimina...

From 1978 to 1987 107 cases of chemical burns were treated. The patients were mainly young and middle age people (83.08%), with mean burned areas 17.8%. The majority of involved parts were low extremities. 57.44% of burned eyes became blind. Mean days in hospital were 43 days. Cure rate was 98.13% and death rate 1.87%. We emphasized that burned wounds must instantly be washed down with water, i...

Biomass burning is a worldwide phenomenon, which emits large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and strongly influences the environment. Burned area is an important parameter in modeling the impacts of biomass burning on the climate and ecosystem. The Medium Resolution Spectral Imager (MERSI) onboard FengYun-3C (FY-3C) has shown great potential for burned area mapping research, but there is ...

We monitored the riparian bird community for two years following the 1995 Vision Fire in the Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS), Marin County, Cal i for nia. We compare bird and vegetation data on burned and unburned sites within PRNS and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Bird abundance, as indexed by fi xed-radius point counts, was higher for sev er al shrub-nesting species at burned...

Nationally, the causes and extent of fire on lands administrated by the United States Forest Service varied significantly from 1940 to 2000, with California experiencing the largest relative annual burned areas.The south-east and California experienced the largest relative area burned by fires from human ignitions. No significant differences were detected in the relative area burned by lightnin...

a r t i c l e i n f o The use of active fire detections for direct burned area mapping has been limited by the coarse spatial resolution and long revisit cycles of previous sensors. However, the recently developed VIIRS 375 m active fire detection product offers enhanced spatial resolution and temporal revisit cycle, and high sensitivity to small active fires. In this study, we apply that produ...