Remote Sensing of Wildfires

Week 1: An overview of wildfires in Alaska

• Introduction to wildfires in Alaska: fire season and fire statistics
• Wildfire management
• Wildfire impacts on people, environment, ecosystem and wildlife

Week 2: An introduction to remote sensing of Earth

• How does remote sensing work?
• Earth observation satellite missions and their data
• Image interpretation: how to identify land features in an image?

Week 3: Remote sensing applications on wildfires:

• Mapping wildfire fuel from image data
• Detecting wildfire from space
• Mapping burn scar and assessing fire impact

Week 4: Remote sensing resources

• Remote sensing data, tools, and services from NASA, NOAA, U.S. Forest Service, and Alaska Interagency Coordination Center
• How remote sensing data and products support decision making for fire management