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Case of Juman Mountain Forest Fire in 2017

(2017)

Any method to evaluate damaged location by the forest fire?

We evaluated damaged location and trees by using artificial satellite and unmanned helicopter images.

  • There are weak fire burning surface vegetation and strong fire burning canopies and trees in forest fire.
  • By analyzing artificial satellite image, we identified strongly fired area.
  • In addition, by comparing with unmanned helicopter image, evaluate the boundary of damaged area and the number of damaged trees.
  • By using this method, we can evaluate boundary of damaged area and achieve necessary information for environmental effect evaluation.

Comparison of artificial satellite and unmanned helicopter images

Fig.1 Comparison of artificial satellite and unmanned helicopter images