Initial observations on using SAR to monitor wildfire scars in boreal forests

E. S. KASISCHKE Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, P.O. Box 134001, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48113-4001, U.S.A

L. L. BOURGEAU-CHAVEZ Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, P.O. Box 134001, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48113-4001, U.S.A

N. H. F. FRENCH Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, P.O. Box 134001, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48113-4001, U.S.A

P. HARRELL Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 27706, U.S.A

N. L. CHRISTENSEN JR Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 27706, U.S.A

Abstract

Initial observations on the effects of wildfires in black spruce forests on radar backscatter are presented. Airborne and spaceborne SAR imagery are utilized to illustrate two distinct fire signatures. A theory is presented to explain these differences.

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