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Topic 3F - Mapping The Extent of Forest Fires

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Sentinel-1 based wildfire progression maps in the Elephent Hill, British Columbia, Canada, in 2017 (Convolutional Neural Network in transparent red) overlaid on the Sentinel-2 MSI false color composites
Sentinel-1 fire progression
Sentinel-1 based wildfire progression maps in the Elephent Hill, British Columbia, Canada, in 2017 (Convolutional Neural Network in transparent red) overlaid on the Sentinel-2 MSI false color composites

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Yifang Ban, et al., 2020
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This image shows a smoke plume from a fire in Kinata, Greece in July 2018, taken by Sentinel-2
Kineta, Greece Forest Fire
This image shows a smoke plume from a fire in Kinata, Greece in July 2018, taken by Sentinel-2

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ESA/ESRIN
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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of Borneo on September 15, 2019. Smoke hovered over the islands and triggered air quality alerts and health warnings in the region.
Smoke Blankets over Borneo, Indonesia
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of Borneo on September 15, 2019. Smoke hovered over the islands and triggered air quality alerts and health warnings in the region.

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NASA
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Multiple fires are ongoing in southwestern Siberia after the Heatwave that affected central Russia in late May 2021. Sentinel- 2 image showing a the wildfire active in the region of Novosibirsk
Siberian Fires - June 2021
Multiple fires are ongoing in southwestern Siberia after the Heatwave that affected central Russia in late May 2021. Sentinel- 2 image showing a the wildfire active in the region of Novosibirsk

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EU Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery
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Fires burning in several oil palm areas in southern Borneo in September 2019
Oil palm fires, Borneo
Fires burning in several oil palm areas in southern Borneo in September 2019

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NASA Earth Observatory
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Wildfire smoke spreading across the US and Canada, August 4, 2017
Smoke Spreads Across the U.S. and Canadian West
Wildfire smoke spreading across the US and Canada, August 4, 2017

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NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response
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Featured Video and Animations
This is an illustrative video of Sentinel-1 monitoring forests
Sentinel-1 Forest monitoring
This is an illustrative video of Sentinel-1 monitoring forests

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ESA
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Animation of Sentinel-1 in orbit
Sentinel-1
Animation of Sentinel-1 in orbit

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ESA/ATG medialab
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