GlobScar

ATSR Global Burned Forest Mapping

Development of a processing chain for the production of monthly incremental global maps showing newly burnt surfaces and pilot demonstration on Year 2000.

PROJECT REFERENCES
Name GlobScar
Title ATSR Global Burned Forest Mapping
Programme DUP 1 (Data User Programme - Phase 1)
Theme Global & Climate Change
Cost 100 - 200 K
Type Small Scale Service Demonstration
Application Forest Fire
Forestry
Global Change
Land Use - Land Use Change
Status completed in 2002
Satellites ERS
Sensors ATSR

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Objectives Due to the environmental consequences of vegetation fires on a global scale (atmospheric emissions, greenhouse effect), regular maps of burned surfaces at a global scale are required by the scientific community. The CEOS pilot project Global Observation of Forest Cover (GOFC) has in particular requested the production of 1km resolution global area burnt products using the ATSR-2 instrument on board the ERS-2 satellite.

The objective of the GlobScar project was to demonstrate the feasibility of a processing, production and distribution chain of a global burn scar products on a regular basis and within a timely framework, based on ATSR-data. As a demonstration, one year (2000) of ATSR-products will be processed and validated.
Results
GLOBSCAR Final Report Open file

PROJECT CONSORTIUM
Companies VITO : Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) - Remote Sensing and Earth Observation Processes (TAP), Belgium (Prime contractor)

USER PARTNERSHIP
Users GOFC : Global Observation of Forest Cover, International

CONTACT POINTS
Project Manager Freddy Fierens
VITO TAP
Boeretang 200
B-2400 Mol
BELGIUM
Tel: +32 14 33 68 13
Fax: +32 14 32 27 95
E-mail: freddy.fierens@vito.be
Technical Officier Olivier Arino
European Space Agency - ESRIN D/EOP-SEP
Via Galileo Galilei
00044 FRASCATI
ITALY
Tel: +39 06-941.80564
Fax: +39 06-941.80552
E-mail: olivier.arino@esa.int