Kerstin Stebel and Philipp Schneider, both from NILU will lectures at the VIDIS Summer School, Borkovac, Ruma, Serbia, which will take place 28. August – 2. September 2023.
One of the presentation is about “Fire products from satellites”
Satellite remote sensing of Arctic fires – a literature and data review
The main aim of this report was to prepare for the proposed SGA #17 of the Caroline Herschel Framework Partnership Agreement on Copernicus User Uptake Work Programme 2020 named “Arctic peat- and forest-fire information system”.
see Satellite remote sensing of Arctic fires – a literature and data review
First, we summarize the scientific background of wildfires in the Arctic and the Northern boreal zone and describe observations of long-range transport of forest fire pollution. This is followed by an overview of satellite data and resources available for fire monitoring in these regions. This covers the fire Essential Climate Variable (ECVs), as well as smoke plume tracers. Furthermore, we list Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) and Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) resources, i.e., Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS), European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) (including the latest country report for Norway), and Global Fire Assimilation System (GFAS), as well as other fire emission inventories. Knowledge gaps and limitations of satellite remote sensing, future missions, Norwegian user uptake and user groups are described.
