GlobScar
ATSR Global Burned Forest Mapping
Development of a processing chain for the production of monthly incremental global maps showing newly burnt surfaces and pilot demonstration on Year 2000.
| GlobScar | |
| ATSR Global Burned Forest Mapping | |
| DUP (Data User Programme) | |
| Land | |
| €200k | |
| Service Demonstration | |
| Completed | |
| ERS-1 : ATSR-1 |
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Due to the environmental consequences of vegetation fires on a global scale (atmospheric emissions, greenhouse effect), regular maps of burned surfaces at a global scale are required by the scientific community. The CEOS pilot project Global Observation of Forest Cover (GOFC) has in particular requested the production of 1km resolution global area burnt products using the ATSR-2 instrument on board the ERS-2 satellite. The objective of the GlobScar project was to demonstrate the feasibility of a processing, production and distribution chain of a global burn scar products on a regular basis and within a timely framework, based on ATSR-data. As a demonstration, one year (2000) of ATSR-products will be processed and validated. |
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| GLOBSCAR Final Report |
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| Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) - Remote Sensing and Earth Observation Processes (TAP) | |
| GOFC |
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| Freddy Fierens VITO TAP Boeretang 200 B-2400 Mol BELGIUM Tel: +32 14 33 68 13 Fax: +32 14 32 27 95 E-mail: freddy.fierens@vito.be |
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| Olivier Arino European Space Agency - ESRIN D/EOP-SEP Via Galileo Galilei 00044 FRASCATI ITALY Tel: +39 06-941.80564 Fax: +39 06-941.80552 E-mail: olivier.arino@esa.int |
