Leveraging a Direct Readout Network To Provide Comprehensive, Near RealTime Data Products For Fire a

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Leveraging a Direct Readout Network To Provide
Comprehensive, Near Real-Time Data Products For
Fire and Environmental Monitoring Brad
QuayleUSDA Forest Service Remote Sensing
Applications Center (RSAC)EOS/NPP Direct
Readout ConferenceBangkok, ThailandMarch 31
April 4, 2008
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USDA Forest Service Organization

• National Headquarters in Washington, DC
• 9 Regional Offices
• National Forest System
• 155 National Forests and 20 National Grasslands
• 78 million hectares in CONUS, AK and PR

• Research
• 7 stations
• 50 field offices
• State and Private Forestry
• Fire Aviation
• Forest Health Protection
• International Programs

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Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC)

• National Technical Center
• Located in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Mission Provide national assistance to agency
  field units in applying the most advanced
  geospatial technology toward improved monitoring
  and mapping of natural resources

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Current RSAC MODIS Direct Readout Objectives

• Support interagency wildland fire management
  using near real-time imagery and fire-related
  data products
• National/Regional scale MODIS-based fire mapping
  products, data and information
• Compliment comprehensive, multi-resolution image
  products provided by USDA Forest Service
  Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
• Multi-disciplinary MODIS data products

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RSAC MODIS Direct Readout Processing Environment

• Antenna Control/Data Acquisition
• TeraScan System
• Data Processing Systems
• RSAC Rapid Response (R3) System
• Wrapper application for MODIS fire data
  processing chain
• MODIS CREFL MOD14 products
• Coordination w/NASA MODIS Rapid Response, NASA
  Direct Readout Lab and MODIS Land Science Team
• NISGS/IPOPP
• Next generation direct readout data processing
  package
• MODIS land, atmosphere and ocean products
• Coordination w/NASA Direct Readout Lab
• Hardware
• 7 Linux servers
• 3 Windows servers
• 35 TB online storage

MODIS Direct Readout
IPOPP Data Processing Stream
RSAC R3 Data Processing Stream
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RSAC MODIS Direct Readout Applications
USDA Forest Service MODIS Active Fire Mapping
Program
USDA Forest Service RSAC Direct Readout Data
Portal

• http//activefiremaps.fs.fed.us

• http//svinetfc6.fs.fed.us/directreadout

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Forest Service MODIS Active Fire Mapping Program

• Objectives Overview
• Detect and monitor wildland fire activity
• Generate value added fire mapping/visualization
  products and geospatial data
• Facilitate decision support for strategic
  wildfire planning and response

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Forest Service MODIS Active Fire Mapping Program

• Objectives
• Detect and monitor wildland fire activity
• United States and Canada
• All administrative land ownerships
• Near real-time

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Forest Service MODIS Active Fire Mapping Program

• Objectives
• Generate value added fire mapping/visualization
  products and geospatial data
• Current, synoptic view of the wildfire situation
  in a geospatial context
• Accurate and current information on fire
  locations, fire intensity, burned area extent and
  smoke conditions

Southern California October 26, 2003 1835
UTC Terra MODIS true false color composite
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Forest Service MODIS Active Fire Mapping Program

• Objectives
• Facilitate decision support for strategic
  wildfire planning and response
• Prioritize allocation of fire suppression assets
• Focus tactical airborne reconnaissance assets
• Supports several fire-related applications

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MODIS Ground Station Network
Area of Interest for fire detection and
monitoring
UAF
SSEC
RSAC
GSFC
Continuously acquire L0/L2 data at RSAC further
processing
Network USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing
Applications Center (RSAC) University of
Wisconsin Space Science Engineering Center
(SSEC) University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) NASA
GSFC Direct Readout Lab (GSFC)
NASA MODIS Rapid Response System provides global
coverage backs up ground station network
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Overview MODIS Data Acquisition and Processing
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MODIS Active Fire Map and Visualization Products
Regional Active Fire Maps
California Nevada

• Regional, poster-sized JPG/PDF maps for U.S.
  Canada
• Display current and cumulative MODIS fire
  activity
• Updated several times daily

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MODIS Active Fire Map and Visualization Products
Regional Active Fire Map Examples
Southern California October 23, 2007
Central Idaho August 13, 2007
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MODIS Active Fire Map and Visualization Products
Interactive Map Viewers
Alaska
Hawaii

• MODIS Fire Detects (updated hourly)
• AVHRR GOES Fire Detects (updated hourly)
• Daily MODIS Imagery (updated daily)
• Fire Danger Rating Indices (updated daily)
• NWS Fire Watch/Warnings (updated hourly)

• NWS Wx Observations (updated continuously)
• Current Incidents (updated daily)
• LANDSAT imagery
• Topographic Maps
• Baseline Cartographic Layers

Canada
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MODIS Active Fire Map and Visualization Products
Google Earth KMZs

• Temporal characterization of detection data
• Detection and incident information

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MODIS Active Fire Geospatial Data
Current, comprehensive fire geospatial data

• Georeferenced MODIS image subsets
• GeoTiff, JPG, BSQ format
• MOD14 GIS data
• ESRI shapefile/coverage format
• MOD14 web map services (WMS)

Aqua MODIS true color composite for Idaho August
12, 2007
MOD14 fire detections WMS in a GIS client
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USDA MODIS Active Fire Mapping Program Usage
USDA MODIS Active Fire Mapping Program Website
Stats 2001-2007


- complete statistics not available for 2001
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USDA Forest Service RSAC Direct Readout Data
Portal

• http//svinetfc6.fs.fed.us/directreadout

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USFS RSAC Direct Readout Data Portal

• Objectives
• Provide timely MODIS direct readout science data
  products to support broad spectrum Forest
  Service/interagency resource management
  applications
• Easy access/easy to use data products for
  mapping, analysis and visualization
• Comprehensive coverage

Continuous scale Damage very likely Damage
likely Damage possible Damage unlikely
Change detection
Monitoring
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USFS RSAC Direct Readout Data Portal

• Objectives
• Utilize International Polar Orbiter Processing
  Package (IPOPP) as the data product generator
  component
• Extension of RSAC testing of IPOPP
• Latest MODIS C5 land, atmosphere and ocean
  algorithms for direct readout environment
• Science Processing Algorithms (SPAs)
• Integrate new/revised science sanctioned SPAs
• Integrate custom SPAs

IPOPP development by
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RSAC Direct Readout Data Portal
Processing Configuration NISGS/IPOPP Framework
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USFS RSAC Direct Readout Data Portal
Product Access
L2 IPOPP Products CREFL Fire/Thermal
Anomalies Land Surface Temperature Vegetation
Indices Cloud Mask Cloud Phase Cloud Top
Pressure Total Precipitable Water Aerosol Optical
Depth (Sea Surface Temperature) (Chlorophyll-A)
Land Products
Atmosphere Products
Level 0 data
http//svinetfc6.fs.fed.us/directreadout
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USFS RSAC Direct Readout Data Portal
Geospatial and Visualization Products

• Swath based products in GeoTiff format (H2G)
• Standard projection (DD, WGS84 datum/spheroid)
• Google Earth KMZs of each product

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Looking Forward

• Identify/establish additional direct readout
  applications for Forest Service resource
  monitoring
• Forest health detection monitoring
• Post-catastrophic event forest damage assessments
• Air quality monitoring
• Watershed monitoring
• Rangeland management
• Live fuel moisture (fire)
• Leverage IPOPP framework and products for new
  Forest Service direct readout applications
• Facilitate EOS to NPP/NPOESS transition
• Continuity of operational applications
• Establish direct readout network for North
  America

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Potential MODIS Direct Readout Application
Using annual aerial detection surveys (ADS), the
Forest Service Forest Health Monitoring Program
monitors forests and detects changes due to
insects, disease or weather-related damage.
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Potential MODIS Direct Readout Application
Preliminary results in western Washington show
how a MODIS forest disturbance assessment relates
to insect impacted areas. Direct readout-based
disturbance monitoring could be used to
prioritize aerial detection survey (ADS) flights
for areas of suspected forest damage.
Disturbance Intensity with ADS spruce budworm
areas
severe moderate no change regrowth/ recovery
MODIS reflectance Bands 7, 2 1 August 13, 2006
Nielsen, 2008
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USDA Forest Service RSAC Direct Readout

• Additional Information
• USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications
  Center
• http//www.fs.fed.us/eng/rsac
• USDA Forest Service MODIS Active Fire Mapping
  Program
• http//activefiremaps.fs.fed.us
• USDA Forest Service RSAC Direct Readout Data
  Portal
• http//svinetfc6.fs.fed.us/directreadout