Forests

Monitoring of forest fires from space – ISRO’s initiative for near real-time monitoring of the recent forest fires in Uttarakhand, India

Active forest fire monitoring using satellite data has been carried out from 2006 as part of the Disaster Management Support Programme of ISRO. The activity provides timely information on fires to State Forest Departments across India for forest fire control and management activities.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
10/06/2016
Chandra Shekhar Jha, Rajashekar Gopalakrishnan, Kiran Chand Thumaty & et al
Current Science
110
11
2057-2060
Tags:
Forest Fires, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Remote Sensing, ISRO, Statistics