NASA ARSET: Satellite Observations and Tools for Fire Risk, Part 1/3

Assessing the Impacts of Fires on Watershed Health

Part 1: Satellite Observations and Tools for Fire Risk

Trainers: Sean McCartney, Amita Mehta, Erika Podest

Learning Objectives/Outcomes:
-Provide examples of fire science criteria for drought conditions in a given watershed pre-fire to select the appropriate data from satellites/instruments for a watershed of interest
-Demonstrate how to delineate river basins and subbasins for a watershed of interest
-Calculate anomalies in biophysical and meteorological conditions for a watershed of interest
-Q & A Session (30 minutes)