High Sensitivity Prototype Kit with IoT System for Fire Detection in a Peatland Swamp Forest Area

Micro Forest Fire Detection

Histogram-based Smoke Segmentation in Forest Fire Detection System

A focus of this paper is a pixel level analysis and segmentation of smoke colored pixels for the automated forest fire detection. Variations in the smoke color tones, environmental illumination, atmospheric conditions and low quality of the images of wide outdoor area make smoke detection a complex task. In order to find an efficient combination of a color space and pixel level smoke segmentati...

ICESat/GLAS Data as a Measurement Tool for Peatland Topography and Peat Swamp Forest Biomass in Kalimantan, Indonesia

Indonesian peatlands are one of the largest near-surface pools of terrestrial organic carbon. Persistent logging, drainage and recurrent fires lead to huge emission of carbon each year. Since tropical peatlands are highly inaccessible, few measurements on peat depth and forest biomass are available. We assessed the applicability of quality filtered ICESat/GLAS (a spaceborne LiDAR system) data t...

Forest Fire Detection by Satellites for Fire Control

Infrared sensors on board satellites have been widely used to collect statistics on fires, but not for fire control. Since the polar-orbiting satellites cover the northern Earth latitudes several times a day, their data are particularly suitable for detecting boreal forest fires. Currently, radiometers on board NOAA and ERS-2 satellites are used for operational fire management in Finland. Telef...

Determining the Spatial Location of Lookout Towers in Rapid Forest Fire Detection Using Geographic Information System (GIS)

Degradation of forests by fire has several environmental and socio-economic impacts and causes a disruption in the balance of ecosystems. Thus, rapid identification of fire using fires detection towers is necessary to reduce destructive effects in forests. Therefore, the purpose of this study is the identification of best and optimal locations to install fire detection towers using Digital Elev...