@article {Badarinath:2011:0143-1161:85,
title = "Forest fire monitoring and burnt area mapping using satellite data: a study over the forest region of Kerala State, India",
journal = "International Journal of Remote Sensing",
parent_itemid = "infobike://tandf/tres",
publishercode ="tandf",
year = "2011",
volume = "32",
number = "1",
publication date ="2011-01-01T00:00:00",
pages = "85-102",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0143-1161",
eissn = "1366-5901",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/tres/2011/00000032/00000001/art00006",
doi = "doi:10.1080/01431160903439890",
author = "Badarinath, K. V. S. and Sharma, A. R. and Kharol, S. K.",
abstract = "The present study describes the night-time active forest fire detection capabilities of Defense Meteorological Satellite Program - Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS) satellite data over the forest region of Kerala State, India in 2004. Kerala State had a high incidence of forest fires during 2004 because of the extended dry season, with the unusual absence of intermittent rainfall from January to April. DMSP-OLS data were processed to detect active night-time forest fires over Kerala State and validated with ground data and fine-resolution Indian Remote Sensing (IRS)-P6 Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS) satellite imagery. DMSP-OLS-derived night-time fire products were compared with synchronous Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-derived daytime fire products to check for the spatial agreement and continuity of fires. To estimate the burnt areas, different atmospheric correction algorithms were applied to the IRS-P6 AWiFS dataset; these included the cosine approximation model (COST), ATCOR2 in ERDAS Imagine and the Second Simulation of a Satellite Signal in the Solar Spectrum (6S) code. Atmospheric corrections to the satellite data indicated significant improvement in burnt area estimates. The results of the study suggest a good correlation between AWiFS data-derived burnt areas, DMSP-OLS-derived fire counts and MODIS-derived fire products. The fire occurrences derived from DMSP-OLS and MODIS data were validated with field records on fire occurrences over the study area.",
}