Forest fire fuel through the lens of remote sensing: Review of approaches, challenges and future directions in the remote sensing of biotic determinants of fire …

MG Gale, GJ Cary, AIJM Van Dijk, M Yebra - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Forested environments are subject to large and high intensity unplanned fire events, owing
to, among other factors, the high quantity and complex structure of fuel in these …

Remote sensing for the Spanish forests in the 21st century: A review of advances, needs, and opportunities

C Gómez, P Alejandro, T Hermosilla, F Montes… - Forest …, 2019 - riunet.upv.es
[EN] Forest ecosystems provide a host of services and societal benefits, including carbon
storage, habitat for fauna, recreation, and provision of wood or non-wood products. In a …

Use of Multi-Temporal UAV-Derived Imagery for Estimating Individual Tree Growth in Pinus pinea Stands

J Guerra-Hernández, E González-Ferreiro, VJ Monleón… - Forests, 2017 - mdpi.com
High spatial resolution imagery provided by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can yield
accurate and efficient estimation of tree dimensions and canopy structural variables at the …

An assessment of high-density UAV point clouds for the measurement of young forestry trials

RJL Hartley, EM Leonardo, P Massam, MS Watt… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The measurement of forestry trials is a costly and time-consuming process. Over the past few
years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have provided some significant developments that …

Fuel type classification using airborne laser scanning and Sentinel 2 data in Mediterranean forest affected by wildfires

D Domingo, J de la Riva, MT Lamelas, A García-Martín… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mediterranean forests are recurrently affected by fire. The recurrence of fire in such
environments and the number and severity of previous fire events are directly related to fire …

Improving silvicultural practices for Mediterranean forests through fire behaviour modelling using LiDAR-derived canopy fuel characteristics

B Botequim, PM Fernandes, JG Borges… - … Journal of Wildland …, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
Wildfires cause substantial environmental and socioeconomic impacts and threaten many
Spanish forested landscapes. We describe how LiDAR-derived canopy fuel characteristics …

Estimating stand and fire-related surface and canopy fuel variables in pine stands using low-density airborne and single-scan terrestrial laser scanning data

C Alonso-Rego, S Arellano-Pérez… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, we used data from a thinning trial conducted on 34 different sites and 102
sample plots established in pure and even-aged Pinus radiata and Pinus pinaster stands, to …

The potential for LiDAR technology to map fire fuel hazard over large areas of Australian forest

OF Price, CE Gordon - Journal of environmental management, 2016 - Elsevier
Fuel load is a primary determinant of fire spread in Australian forests. In east Australian
forests, litter and canopy fuel loads and hence fire hazard are thought to be highest at and …

Generation of high-resolution fuel model maps from discrete airborne laser scanner and Landsat-8 OLI: A low-cost and highly updated methodology for large areas

E Marino, P Ranz, JL Tomé, MÁ Noriega… - Remote Sensing of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Wildfire risk is increasing in the context of global change, and the need for accurate fuel
model maps in broader areas is becoming urgent to manage large wildfires. Among remote …

Estimating wildfire fuel consumption with multitemporal airborne laser scanning data and demonstrating linkage with MODIS-derived fire radiative energy

TR McCarley, AT Hudak, AM Sparks… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Characterizing pre-and post-fire fuels remains a key challenge for estimating biomass
consumption and carbon emissions from wildfires. Airborne laser scanning (ALS) data have …