Wildfire Prevention Using Remote Sensing

    In Remote Sensing we use a large portion of the Electromagnetic spectrum in order to help us fight wildfires.  For example, we can use the thermal bands (infrared light energy) to dectect hot spots in the fire, or areas that may reignite and focus on cooling that area down.  

     We can also use the Normalized Multiband Drought Index (NMDI) to determine the moisture content in vegetation and thus determining drought conditions prone to fires.  We can do this by using the Infrared bands 1.24, 1.64, and 2.13 um which can tell us the moisture content of vegetation).