Lesson 6: Fires and Aerosols

Objective

1. Use multiple wavelengths and image sequence to identify fires and aerosols.
2. Indentifying Fires in satellite images.
3. Transfers knowledge and principles of radiative transfer to satellite imagery

Prerequisite

1. Understanding of the RTE applicable to solar and infrared spectra region.
2. Understanding of the Planck Function.

Background Material

Practice Session

Assessment

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