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Creating a Wildfire Model from Remote Sensing of Boreal Forests in Northern Ontario
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Floroff, John |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this major research paper. This is a true copy of the major research paper, including any required final revisions, as accepted by my examiners. I authorize Ryerson University to lend this research paper to other institutions or individuals for the purpose of scholarly research. I further authorize Ryerson University to reproduce this major research paper by photocopying or by other means, in total or in part, at the request of other institutions or individuals for the purpose of scholarly research. I understand that my major research paper may be made electronically available to the public. Abstract Ontario's boreal forests cover 41,171,000 hectares. Forest fires in the boreal forest are the main natural disturbance and 2011 was a very active year. In Northern Ontario 632,533 hectares were burned compared to 14,823 hectares in 2010 and 20,656 hectares in 2009. The overall objective of this research project is to investigate the extent of the burn areas utilizing remote sensing. Remote sensing provides a cost effective method for monitoring forest disturbance such as forest fires in vast remote areas, and can contribute insight to policy and management objectives. An analysis using remote sensing techniques was undertaken to examine the extent of several forest fires that occurred during 2011 in Northern Ontario. Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper images were acquired for study areas near Wabakimi Provincial Park and Pickle Lake with the time period being from 2009-2011 for both fire study areas. The post-fire image acquisition dates were as close as possible to fire extinguishment to minimize temporal distortions. The analysis unsupervised classification and image differencing operations. Favourable conditions for wildfires such as dry conditions, thunderstorms, strong winds and large amounts of fuel were the main factors contributing to the 2011 fire season and they influenced fire behaviour and progression in the study areas. A total of 586 square kilometres (17% of the study area) and 450 square kilometres (18% of the second study area) were burned as a result of the fires. iv Acknowledgements |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
