Remote Sensing Workshop Proceedings Final Report
Report from the three-day Remote Sensing workshop held at the University of Alaska Fairbanks from April 4-6, 2017. The interagency, international workshop was hosted by the Alaska Fire Science Consortium (AFSC) with funding from the NASA Applied Sciences Program to bring sciences users and producers together to explore new opportunities for applied remote sensing research in boreal and arctic fire management.
Introductions:
What we hope to get out of this workshop Randi Jandt
Overview: Current Uses of Remote Sensing for Wildland Fire in High Latitudes Jenn Jenkins, Randi Jandt, Robert Ziel
Keynote presentations:
A View from the Bridge: Why Alaska’s Management Agencies Need Science Bud Cribley
Remote Sensing Support to Interagency Fire Management Everett Hinkley
Introduction to the State of the Science:
S-NPP/VIIRS and Landsat-8/OLI global active fire data sets Wilfrid Schroeder
Use of New NASA Technologies for Pre-, Active, and Post-Fire Applications E. Natasha Stavros
Potential fire risk:
Can remotely sensed data (e.g., daily snow extent, others) estimate spring soil moisture and surface and subsurface fuel moisture and fuel conditions, and thus provide critical inputs for fuel moisture indices used to predict fire danger and risk?
Assessing Fuel Moisture in Boreal and Arctic Ecosystems with Active and Passive Microwave Satellite Imagery Laura Bourgeau-Chavez
NASA Precipitation Datasets for High-Latitude Applications George J. Huffman
Improving fuel characterization and maps useful for emissions modeling Nancy French
Improving Remote Sensing Capability for Assessing Wildfire Effects in North American Boreal Peatlands Laura Bourgeau-Chavez
Panel on Potential Fire Risk: moderated discussion of how to advance capabilities to estimate conditions associated with high fire danger. Moderator: Robert Ziel. Managers: Kristi Bulock, Jay Wattenbarger, Larry Weddle. Researchers: Dan Thompson, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Brigitte Leblon
Near Real-Time Fire Behavior:
Which remotely sensed data are best and most timely for fire detection, plume tracking of fire emissions, fire behavior modeling, mapping of flaming fronts, fire intensity, active fire perimeters, and response for ongoing fires?
Keynote on near real time fire behavior Robert Ziel
VIIRS Imagery Applications for Fire Weather Monitoring Curtis Seaman
Near real-time estimation of burned area in boreal forest using VIIRS 375 m active fire product Patricia Oliva
Verification of the Experimental High Resolution Rapid Refresh in Alaska using the USArray Transportable Array Network Taylor McCorkle
Applications of Chinese FY series meteorological satellites in boreal forest fire management Fengjun Zhao
Panel Discussion on Near Real-Time Fire Behavior: moderated discussion of how to advance capabilities in active fire applications Moderator: Jenn Jenkins. Managers: Mike Butteri, Eric Miller, Kent Slaughter. Researchers: Evan Ellicott, Tom Heinrichs, Chris Waigl
Post-fire effects:
Can we improve analytical methods for remotely sensed data to assess fire severity, consumption/CO2 balance, active-layer changes, and successional trajectories of high latitude vegetation communities?
Rapid response tools and datasets for post-fire modeling in Boreal and Arctic Environments Mary Ellen Miller
High resolution carbon emissions estimates from boreal fires Sander Veraverbeke, Elizabeth Wiggins
Improving remotely sensed multispectral estimations of burn severity in western boreal forests Ellen Whitman
Assessing Boreal Forest Burn Severity using UAS-based Photogrammetric Mapping Jurjen van der Sluijs
Post-fire vegetation index recovery patterns in the taiga-steppe ecotone of southern Siberia Kirsten Barrett
Spatial, temporal, and ecological trends in repeat fires within Alaska, 1940-2016 Rachel Loehman
Panel Discussion on Post-Fire Effects: moderated discussion of how to advance capabilities to assess post-fire conditions Moderator: Rachel Loehman. Managers: Lisa Saperstein, Eric Miller, Jennifer Hrobak. Researchers: Tatiana Loboda, Sander Veraverbeke, Elizabeth Hoy
Partnerships:
Can we leverage other data collection and analysis efforts to advance our objectives?
An Overview of the 2017 Airborne Campaign for NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) Elizabeth Hoy
A USFS-NASA partnership to leverage advanced remote sensing technologies for forest inventory Hans-Erik Andersen
Introduction to Alaska Fire Management:
Fire in Alaska: An Operational Perspective Heidi Strader, Randi Jandt, Jenn Jenkins, Alison York, Robert (Zeke) Ziel