Key topics

remote sensing

Remote sensing is the scanning of the earth by satellite or high-flying aircraft in order to obtain information about it.

Item	Type		Key Topics
Limitations of high resolution satellite stereo imagery for estimating canopy height in Australian tropical savannas	Biblio		Northern Australia, remote sensing, savanna grasslands
Optimising SAR-based flood extent assimilation for improved hydraulic flood inundation forecasts	Biblio	save (15.25 MB)	flood, remote sensing
Assessment of the Dual Polarimetric Sentinel-1A Data for Forest Fuel Moisture Content Estimation	Biblio	save (9.79 MB)	modelling, remote sensing, soil moisture
A Broad-Area Method for the Diurnal Characterisation of Upwelling Medium Wave Infrared Radiation	Biblio	save (3.37 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Mitigating the Effects of Severe Fires, Floods and Heatwaves Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (1.12 MB)	fire, flood, remote sensing
Mapping bushfire hazard and impacts – final project report	Biblio	save (1.94 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Remote sensing of fuel to improve fire behaviour predictions	Project		fire, modelling, remote sensing
Estimating fire background temperature at a geostationary scale - an evaluation of contextual methods for AHI-8	Biblio		fire, modelling, remote sensing
Fuels3D - final project report	Biblio	save (2.21 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Near real-time extracting wildfire spread rate from Himawari-8 satellite data	Biblio	save (3.36 MB)	fire, modelling, remote sensing
Planned burn mapping in Victoria using remote sensing	Project		prescribed burning, remote sensing
Improving flood forecast skill using remote sensing data: annual report 2016-17	Biblio	save (1.3 MB)	flood, forecasting, remote sensing
The Vegetation Structure Perpendicular Index (VSPI): A forest condition index for wildlife predictions	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Towards comprehensive characterisation of flammability and fire danger	Biblio	save (1.57 MB)	fire, remote sensing, risk analysis
Guidelines on the optimal use of remote sensing data to improve the accuracy of hydrologic and hydraulic models	Biblio	save (1.66 MB)	flood, forecasting, remote sensing
Efficiency of Individual Tree Detection Approaches Based on Light-Weight and Low-Cost UAS Imagery in Australian Savannas	Biblio		fire, Northern Australia, remote sensing
Predicting merging fire behaviour in Planned Burning	Biblio		fire, fire severity, remote sensing
LiDAR Application in Forest Fuel Measurements for Bushfire Hazard Mitigation	Biblio	save (3.34 MB)	fire, modelling, remote sensing
Remote sensing of tree structure and biomass in north Australian mesic savanna	Project		Northern Australia, remote sensing
Mapping bushfire hazards and impacts: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (2.09 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Active fire detection using the Himawari-8 satellite - annual report 2019-2020	Biblio	save (859.87 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Improving flood forecast skill using remote sensing data: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (645.14 KB)	flood, forecasting, remote sensing
Identifying water sources using satellite imagery	Project		fire, fire weather, remote sensing
Next generation Fuels 3D remote sensing	Project		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Assessing the utility of the TET-1 hotspot detection and characterization algorithm for determining wildfire size and temperature	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Fire surveillance and hazard mapping	Project		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Flood mapping under vegetation using single SAR acquisitions	Biblio		flood, hydrology, remote sensing
A Live Fuel Moisture Content Product from Landsat TM Satellite Time Series for Implementation in Fire Behavior Models	Biblio	save (4.32 MB)	fire, fuel reduction, remote sensing
The influence of soil moisture on surface and sub-surface litter fuel moisture simulation at five Australian sites	Biblio		fuel reduction, remote sensing, soil moisture
Estimating fire severity and carbon emissions over Australian tropical savannahs based on passive microwave satellite observations	Biblio		fire, modelling, remote sensing
Soil and fuel moisture precursors of fire activity during the 2019-20 fire season, in comparison to previous seasons - Black Summer final report	Biblio	save (15.37 MB)	forecasting, land management, remote sensing
Remote Sensing-Derived Water Extent and Level to Constrain Hydraulic Flood Forecasting Models: Opportunities and Challenges	Biblio		flood, hydrology, remote sensing
Mapping Bushfire Hazard and Impacts Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (1.82 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Improving flood forecast skill using remote sensing data	Biblio	save (565.98 KB)	flood, forecasting, remote sensing
Assessing Metrics for Estimating Fire Induced Change in the Forest Understorey Structure Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning	Biblio	save (9.28 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
A global canopy water content product from AVHRR/Metop	Biblio		fuel reduction, land management, remote sensing
Combining hydrologic and hydraulic models for real time flood forecasting - non peer reviewed extended abstract	Biblio	save (133.38 KB)	flood, forecasting, remote sensing
High-Resolution Estimates of Fire Severity - An Evaluation of UAS Image and LiDAR Mapping Approaches on a Sedgeland Forest Boundary in Tasmania, Australia	Biblio		fire, fuel reduction, remote sensing
Identification of hydrologic models, optimized parameteres, and rainfall inputs consistent with in situ streamflow and rainfall and remotely sensed soil moisture	Biblio		flood, modelling, remote sensing
Active fire detection using the Himawari-8 satellite - final project report	Biblio	save (1.58 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing