scholarly journals Forest and land fire smoke detection using GCOM-C data (case study: Pulang Pisau, Central Kalimantan)

2021 ◽  
Vol 893 (1) ◽  
pp. 012068
Author(s):  
K I N Rahmi ◽  
N Febrianti ◽  
I Prasasti

Abstract Forest/land fire give bad impact of heavy smoke on peatland area in Indonesia. Forest/land fire smoke need to be identified the distribution periodically. New satellite of GCOM-C has been launched to monitor climate condition and have visible, near infrared and thermal infrared. This study has objective to identify fire smoke from GCOM-C data. GCOM-C data has wavelength range from 0.38 to 12 μm it covers visible, near infrared, short-wave infrared and thermal infrared. It is relatively similar to MODIS or Himawari-8 images which could identify forest/land fire smoke. The methodology is visual interpretation to detect forest/land fire smoke using near infrared band (VN08), shortwave infrared band (SW03), and thermal bands (T01 and T02). Hotspot data is overlaid with GCOM-C image to represent the location of fire events. Combination of composite RGB image has been applied to detect forest/land fire smoke. GCOM-C image of VN8 bands and combination of thermal band in composite image could be used to detect fire smoke in Pulang Pisau, Central Kalimantan.

2021 ◽  
Vol 893 (1) ◽  
pp. 012067
Author(s):  
Khalifah Insan Nur Rahmi ◽  
Indah Prasasti ◽  
Jalu Tejo Nugroho ◽  
M. Rokhis Khomaruddin

Abstract El-Nino, which occurred in 2019 in Indonesia, caused longer dry conditions than usual. Low rainfall and vegetation drought cause widespread forest/land fires. This study aims to know the relationship between drought conditions and forest/land fires from the parameters of rainfall and vegetation greenness level. The study located in Jambi and Central Kalimantan Provinces during the peak months of fires which is September 2019. To see fluctuations in the peak of fires, eight daily data were taken for this period. Extraction of rainfall information is derived from the Himawari-8 infrared band L1 image into L2 rainfall rate data. Vegetation greenness level information is derived from Terra/Aqua MODIS red and near-infrared band images into L2 Enhance Vegetation Index (EVI) data. Hotspot data comes from the images of Terra, Aqua MODIS, SNPP VIIRS, and NOAA20. Fire data was extracted from hotspot data and delineation of MODIS RGB image smoke. Rainfall fluctuation affects the number of forest/land fire hotspots. The decrease in rainfall was followed by an increase of hotspot numbers and vice versa. In Jambi Province, rainfall decreased in first to second period i.e. 40 to 0 mm was followed by an increase of hotspot number which dominated by high confidence level. In Central Kalimantan rainfall increased from third to fourth period i.e. 0 to 100-400 mm followed by the decreasing of hotspot number which dominated by medium confidence level. Meanwhile, the TKV variable had little effect on the number of hotspots but related with rainfall data. In Central Kalimantan Province, the driest TKV (0.1) on September 14-21, 2019, was influenced by low rainfall in the previous period which also has highest number of fire hotspots. In Jambi Province, the driest TKV happened on third period which also the result of lowest rainfall and highest number of fire hotspot in the previous period.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arundhati Deshmukh ◽  
Danielle Koppel ◽  
Chern Chuang ◽  
Danielle Cadena ◽  
Jianshu Cao ◽  
...  

Technologies which utilize near-infrared (700 – 1000 nm) and short-wave infrared (1000 – 2000 nm) electromagnetic radiation have applications in deep-tissue imaging, telecommunications and satellite telemetry due to low scattering and decreased background signal in this spectral region. However, there are few molecular species, which absorb efficiently beyond 1000 nm. Transition dipole moment coupling (e.g. J-aggregation) allows for redshifted excitonic states and provides a pathway to highly absorptive electronic states in the infrared. We present aggregates of two cyanine dyes whose absorption peaks redshift dramatically upon aggregation in water from ~ 800 nm to 1000 nm and 1050 nm with sheet-like morphologies and high molar absorptivities (e ~ 10<sup>5 </sup>M<sup>-1</sup>cm<sup>-1</sup>). To describe this phenomenology, we extend Kasha’s model for J- and H-aggregation to describe the excitonic states of <i> 2-dimensional aggregates</i> whose slip is controlled by steric hindrance in the assembled structure. A consequence of the increased dimensionality is the phenomenon of an <i>intermediate </i>“I-aggregate”, one which redshifts yet displays spectral signatures of band-edge dark states akin to an H-aggregate. We distinguish between H-, I- and J-aggregates by showing the relative position of the bright (absorptive) state within the density of states using temperature dependent spectroscopy. Our results can be used to better design chromophores with predictable and tunable aggregation with new photophysical properties.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuel Storey ◽  
Witold Krajewski ◽  
Efthymios Nikolopoulos

&lt;p&gt;Satellite based flood detection can enhance understanding of risk to humans and infrastructures, geomorphic processes, and ecological effects.&amp;#160; Such application of optical satellite imagery has been mostly limited to the detection of water exposed to sky, as plant canopies tend to obstruct water visibility in short electromagnetic wavelengths.&amp;#160; This case study evaluates the utility in multi-temporal thermal infrared observations from Landsat 8 as a basis for detecting sub-canopy fluvial inundation resulting in ambient temperature change.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We selected three flood events of 2016 and 2019 along sections of the Mississippi, Cedar, and Wapsipinicon Rivers located in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, United States.&amp;#160; Classification of sub-canopy water involved logical, threshold-exceedance criteria to capture thermal decline within channel-adjacent vegetated zones.&amp;#160; Open water extent in the floods was mapped based on short-wave infrared thresholds determined parametrically from baseline (non-flooded) observations.&amp;#160; Map accuracy was evaluated using higher-resolution (0.5&amp;#8211;5.0 m) synchronic optical imagery.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Results demonstrate improved ability to detect sub-canopy inundation when thermal infrared change is incorporated: sub-canopy flood class accuracy was comparable to that of open water in previous studies.&amp;#160; The multi-temporal open-water mapping technique yielded high accuracy as compared to similar studies.&amp;#160; This research highlights the utility of Landsat thermal infrared data for monitoring riparian inundation and for validating other remotely sensed and simulated flood maps.&lt;/p&gt;


Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1928
Author(s):  
Dandan Xu ◽  
Dong Zhang ◽  
Dan Shi ◽  
Zhaoqing Luan

Open surface freshwater is an important resource for terrestrial ecosystems. However, climate change, seasonal precipitation cycling, and anthropogenic activities add high variability to its availability. Thus, timely and accurate mapping of open surface water is necessary. In this study, a methodology based on the concept of spatial autocorrelation was developed for automatic water extraction from Landsat series images using Taihu Lake in south-eastern China as an example. The results show that this method has great potential to extract continuous open surface water automatically, even when the water surface is covered by floating vegetation or algal blooms. The results also indicate that the second shortwave-infrared band (SWIR2) band performs best for water extraction when water is turbid or covered by surficial vegetation. Near-infrared band (NIR), first shortwave-infrared band (SWIR1), and SWIR2 have consistent extraction success when the water surface is not covered by vegetation. Low filter image processing greatly overestimated extracted water bodies, and cloud and image salt and pepper issues have a large impact on water extraction using the methods developed in this study.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 1561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Klouček ◽  
Jan Komárek ◽  
Peter Surový ◽  
Karel Hrach ◽  
Přemysl Janata ◽  
...  

The bark beetle (Ips typographus) disturbance represents serious environmental and economic issue and presents a major challenge for forest management. A timely detection of bark beetle infestation is therefore necessary to reduce losses. Besides wood production, a bark beetle outbreak affects the forest ecosystem in many other ways including the water cycle, nutrient cycle, or carbon fixation. On that account, (not just) European temperate coniferous forests may become endangered ecosystems. Our study was performed in the unmanaged zone of the Krkonoše Mountains National Park in the northern part of the Czech Republic where the natural spreading of bark beetle is slow and, therefore, allow us to continuously monitor the infested trees that are, in contrast to managed forests, not being removed. The aim of this work is to evaluate possibilities of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-mounted low-cost RGB and modified near-infrared sensors for detection of different stages of infested trees at the individual level, using a retrospective time series for recognition of still green but already infested trees (so-called green attack). A mosaic was created from the UAV imagery, radiometrically calibrated for surface reflectance, and five vegetation indices were calculated; the reference data about the stage of bark beetle infestation was obtained through a combination of field survey and visual interpretation of an orthomosaic. The differences of vegetation indices between infested and healthy trees over four time points were statistically evaluated and classified using the Maximum Likelihood classifier. Achieved results confirm our assumptions that it is possible to use a low-cost UAV-based sensor for detection of various stages of bark beetle infestation across seasons; with increasing time after infection, distinguishing infested trees from healthy ones grows easier. The best performance was achieved by the Greenness Index with overall accuracy of 78%–96% across the time periods. The performance of the indices based on near-infrared band was lower.


2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1116-1125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian D Amiro ◽  
Jing M Chen

The mapping of Canadian fires is a large effort supported by provincial, territorial, and federal agencies. Remote sensing techniques can aid in mapping, especially in remote areas and during busy fire seasons. The SPOT-VEGETATION (SPOT-VGT) sensor has previously shown promise at distinguishing fire scars on the landscape. The usefulness of SPOT-VGT to age fires in 18 Canadian ecoregions was evaluated for a period up to 50 years since fire, analysing more than 250 000 pixels (nominal resolution about 1 km2). The SPOT-VGT reflectances were evaluated using the ratio of the short-wave infrared band (1.58–1.75 µm) to near-infrared band (0.78–0.89 µm), compared with the Canadian large-fire database (fires greater than 200 ha in size). Nonlinear regressions were significant for all ecoregions with r2 values being greater than 0.57 for 16 of them. Five ecoregions groupings had similar relationships, consistent with their contiguous pattern on the landscape. The prediction of fire-scar age depends on ecoregion and can be successful over periods as short as 6 years to as long as 30 years. The root mean square error for all ecoregions ranged from 5 years for recent burns to about 12 years for three decades following fire. This tool is useful to get approximate fire-scar ages, but the accuracy is limited because of the variation in forest succession on the landscape, and it cannot replace more detailed mapping done currently by fire agencies.


FLORESTA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 553
Author(s):  
Ingridy Mikaelly Pereira Sousa ◽  
Edmar Vinicius de Carvalho ◽  
Antonio Carlos Batista ◽  
Igor Eloi Silva Machado ◽  
Maira Elisa Ferreira Tavares ◽  
...  

Obtaining information on burned areas has been studied and improved in the last decades, and the biggest question is the acquisition of consistent and detailed information about the occurrence of burnings in a simple and effective way. In view of this, remote sensing is a very interesting tool because it allows obtaining information in large areas of difficult access. The identification of areas burned by orbital data is directly related to their spectral behavior. The objective of this study was to analyze the performance of spectral indices in the identification of burned area in OLI/Landsat-8 satellite images. The indices for the before and after fire images were calculated using bands of red and near infrared: NDVI, MSAVI, SAVI, and GEMI, and bands of near infrared and short wave infrared: NBR, BAIMmod, and MIRBImod. The difference between pre and post-fire index was also calculated: dNDVI, dMSAVI, dSAVI, dGEMI, dNBR, dBAIMmod, and dMIRBImod. From these indices, six different compositions (RGB) were created and later they were segmented and classified in a non-supervised way and soon after made the extraction of the area of interest. The results of this classification were validated with the reference data obtained through the visual interpretation of the image. The methods had shown a good quality of classification, with a percentage of accuracy ranging from 85.54 to 92.46% and Kappa value of 0.70 to 0.89. The best method was the dNBR, NBRpost-fire, and dMIRBImod indices in the RGB composite.


2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 29883-29914 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Uchino ◽  
N. Kikuchi ◽  
T. Sakai ◽  
I. Morino ◽  
Y. Yoshida ◽  
...  

Abstract. Lidar observations of vertical profiles of aerosols and thin cirrus clouds were made at Tsukuba (36.1° N, 140.1° E), Japan, to investigate the influence of aerosols and thin cirrus clouds on the column-averaged dry-air mole fraction of carbon dioxide (XCO2) retrieved from observation data of the Thermal And Near-infrared Sensor for carbon Observation Fourier Transform Spectrometer, measured in the Short-Wavelength InfraRed band (TANSO-FTS SWIR), onboard the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT). The lidar system measured the backscattering ratio, depolarization ratio, and/or the wavelength exponent of atmospheric particles. The lidar observations and ground-based high-resolution FTS measurements at the Tsukuba Total Carbon Column Observing Network (Tsukuba TCCON) site were recorded simultaneously during passages of GOSAT over Tsukuba. GOSAT SWIR XCO2 data (version 01.xx) released in August 2010 were compared with the lidar and Tsukuba TCCON data. High-altitude aerosols and thin cirrus clouds had a large impact on the GOSAT SWIR XCO2 results. By taking into account the observed aerosol/cirrus vertical profiles and using a more adequate solar irradiance database in the GOSAT SWIR retrieval, the difference between the GOSAT SWIR XCO2 data and the Tsukuba TCCON data was greatly reduced.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arundhati Deshmukh ◽  
Danielle Koppel ◽  
Chern Chuang ◽  
Danielle Cadena ◽  
Jianshu Cao ◽  
...  

Technologies which utilize near-infrared (700 – 1000 nm) and short-wave infrared (1000 – 2000 nm) electromagnetic radiation have applications in deep-tissue imaging, telecommunications and satellite telemetry due to low scattering and decreased background signal in this spectral region. It is therefore necessary to develop materials that absorb light efficiently beyond 1000 nm. Transition dipole moment coupling (e.g. J-aggregation) allows for redshifted excitonic states and provides a pathway to highly absorptive electronic states in the infrared. We present aggregates of two cyanine dyes whose absorption peaks redshift dramatically upon aggregation in water from ~800 nm to 1000 nm and 1050 nm respectively with sheet-like morphologies and high molar absorptivities (e ~ 10<sup>5 </sup>M<sup>-1</sup>cm<sup>-1</sup>). We use Frenkel exciton theory to extend Kasha’s model for J and H aggregation and describe the excitonic states of 2-dimensional aggregates whose slip is controlled by steric hindrance in the assembled structure. A consequence of the increased dimensionality is the phenomenon of an intermediate “I-aggregate”, one which redshifts yet displays spectral signatures of band-edge dark states akin to an H-aggregate. We distinguish between H-, I- and J-aggregates by showing the relative position of the bright (absorptive) state within the density of states using temperature dependent spectroscopy. I-aggregates hold potential for applications as charge injection moieties for semiconductors and donors for energy transfer in NIR and SWIR. Our results can be used to better design chromophores with predictable and tunable aggregation with new photophysical properties.


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