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CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSINGCANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSINGApplications DivisionApplications Division Natural Resources CanadaNatural Resources Canada

CANADIAN FOREST SERVICEFire Research Network

Fire Monitoring, Mapping and Fire Monitoring, Mapping and Modeling System: Modeling System: Fire M3Fire M3

A knowledge initiativeA knowledge initiative

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Canadian Forest ServiceCanadian Forest Service

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Canada Centre for Remote SensingCanada Centre for Remote Sensing



FireM3 Project GoalsFireM3 Project Goals

• Automated national Automated national MonitoringMonitoring of large fires of large fires

• Large-Scale fire Large-Scale fire MappingMapping

• Fire behavior and Fire behavior and ModelingModeling

• Integrated systems and products Integrated systems and products – Spatial Fire Management SystemSpatial Fire Management System

– Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction SystemCanadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction System

– Canadian Wildland Fire Information SystemCanadian Wildland Fire Information System

– Agency fire management systemsAgency fire management systems



Foliar Moisture ContentFuels Weather Topography

Remote SensingFire Masks

Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction ( FBP ) System

Inputs

Modeled Outputs

FBP SystemFuel Type

FFMC, ISI, BUI Wind Speed Wind Direction

Slope & Aspect

Elevation, Latitude, Longitude & Date Hot Spot Location,

Time & Date

GISProducts

Reports & Statistics

Rate of SpreadFuel Consumption

Fire IntensityType of Fire

Crown Fraction Burned

Fire LoadArea Burned

Fire Size ClassesFuel ConsumptionGreenhouse Gases



Fire Modeling



Fire ModelingFire ModelingSatellite-based Fuel-Type Map



Fire Modeling



Fire MonitoringFire Monitoring

Source: Canada Centre for Remote SensingSource: Canada Centre for Remote Sensing

AVHRR Mosaics and ChipsAVHRR Mosaics and Chips



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Daily Fire Load Statistics(Canada: May 27 - June 30 1995)

Source: Canadian Forest ServiceSource: Canadian Forest Service





CD-ROM of Historical Large Fire Occurrence in CanadaCD-ROM of Historical Large Fire Occurrence in Canada



Large-Scale MappingLarge-Scale Mapping


High Resolution Images of Selected Large FiresHigh Resolution Images of Selected Large Fires



Large-Scale MappingLarge-Scale Mapping


Integrated GIS ProductsIntegrated GIS Products




Integrated GIS ProductsIntegrated GIS Products

Large-Scale Mapping



ProductsProducts

OptimalOptimalResourceResourceAllocationAllocationandandPositioningPositioning



ProductsFlorida Division of Forestry Smoke Dispersion Prediction



Fire Monitoring, Mapping and Fire Monitoring, Mapping and Modeling System: Modeling System: Fire M3Fire M3

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Technology

modeling system

monitoring source

largescale mapping source

masks canadian forest

canada centre

behavior prediction

products spatial

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