* Corresponding author. Abstract – Recent improvements in sensor capabilities have enabled fire characterization from satellites. Instantaneous intensities of active fires have been characterized by the Fire Radiative Power (FRP), while burn severity has been assessed from the evaluation of Normalized Burn Ratios (NBR) derived from preand post-fire multispectral imagery. MODIS on the Terra and ...

The applicability of a land surface temperature (LST)-evapotranspiration (ET) regression model to estimate ET fraction (ETrF) was tested in the temperate maritime climate of Central Ireland. In this study, the Mapping ET at high Resolution and with Internalized Calibration (METRIC) model was applied to calculate evapotranspiration from a mixed land cover area in Central Ireland. The ETrF values...

T h e effect of variable tree canopy cover, shadows, and topography on Thematic Mapper (TM) data was examined for blue oak (Quercus douglasii) woodland and wooded grassland on rugged terrain in central California. Thematic Mapper data were analyzed from September 1986 (trees in leaf, grass understory senescent) and December 1984 (trees leafless, grasses emerging. Tree cover measured in 84 60 m ...

The hydrologic networks play a paramount significance in paddy rice cultivation. The aerial photographs and satellite images, the latter were acquired from the Multispectral Scanner (MSS), Thematic Mapper (TM), Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+), and Operational Land Imager (OLI) were utilized to extract the fundamental information about the natural rivers and manmade canals over the past for...

Classifying roads in remotely sensed imagery has been addressed by a number of research efforts. Detecting these features is important for a variety of endeavors such as agricultural assessment and urban planning. This study investigates the viability of using a pulse-coupled neural network to recognize roads in Landsat-4 Thematic Mapper multispectral imagery.

Geometric optical reflectance models provide a physical linkage between image data and forest structure. We developed a “Multiple-Forward-Mode” pseudoinversion modeling approach to produce structural lookup tables for Landsat Thematic Mapper images before and after 1993 partial harvests in New Brunswick Canada. Modeling results validated for stand density, crown radius, and stem counts enabled ...