Wildfire detection and tracking over Greece using MSG-SEVIRI satellite data

Sifakis, NI; Iossifidis, C; Kontoes, C; Keramitsoglou, I

dc.contributor.author	Sifakis, NI	en
dc.contributor.author	Iossifidis, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Kontoes, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Keramitsoglou, I	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:04:20Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:04:20Z
dc.date.issued	2011	en
dc.identifier.issn	20724292	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/29422
dc.subject	Greece	en
dc.subject	SEVIRI	en
dc.subject	Wildfire	en
dc.subject.other	Active fires	en
dc.subject.other	False alarms	en
dc.subject.other	Fire brigade	en
dc.subject.other	Fire detection	en
dc.subject.other	Fire event	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Ground truthing	en
dc.subject.other	Image processing algorithm	en
dc.subject.other	Mediterranean countries	en
dc.subject.other	Meteosat second generations	en
dc.subject.other	Radiative temperature	en
dc.subject.other	Real-time detection	en
dc.subject.other	Receiving stations	en
dc.subject.other	Satellite data	en
dc.subject.other	SEVIRI	en
dc.subject.other	Short wave infrared	en
dc.subject.other	Space-borne sensor	en
dc.subject.other	Spectral channels	en
dc.subject.other	Wildfire	en
dc.subject.other	Wildfire detection	en
dc.subject.other	Climate change	en
dc.subject.other	Geostationary satellites	en
dc.subject.other	Image processing	en
dc.subject.other	Remote sensing	en
dc.subject.other	Space applications	en
dc.subject.other	Time series	en
dc.subject.other	Fires	en
dc.title	Wildfire detection and tracking over Greece using MSG-SEVIRI satellite data	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.3390/rs3030524	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs3030524	en
heal.publicationDate	2011	en
heal.abstract	Greece is a high risk Mediterranean country with respect to wildfires. This risk has been increasing under the impact of climate change, and in summer 2007 approximately 200,000 ha of vegetated land were burnt. The SEVIRI sensor, on board the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) geostationary satellite, is the only spaceborne sensor providing five and 15-minute observations of Europe in 12 spectral channels, including a short-wave infrared band sensitive to fire radiative temperature. In August 2007, when the bulk of the destructive wildfires started in Greece, the receiving station, operated by the Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, provided us with a time series of MSG-SEVIRI images. These images were processed in order to test the reliability of a real-time detection and tracking system and its complementarity to conventional means provided by the Fire Brigade. EUMETSAT's Active Fire Monitoring (FIR) image processing algorithm for fire detection and monitoring was applied to SEVIRI data, then fine-tuned according to Greek conditions, and evaluated. Alarm announcements from the Fire Brigade's archives were used as ground truthing data in order to assess detection reliability and system performance. During the examined period, MSG-SEVIRI data successfully detected 82% of the fire events in Greek territory with less than 1% false alarms. © 2011 by the authors.	en
heal.journalName	Remote Sensing	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.3390/rs3030524	en
dc.identifier.volume	3	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	524	en
dc.identifier.epage	538	en