Evaluation of Historical Wildfires in Tohoku Region Using Satellite-Based High-Fire-Severity Index

• Published in: Journal of disaster research Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 507 - 515
• Main Authors: Emang, Grace Puyang, Touge, Yoshiya, Kazama, So
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.06.2022

Crown fires represent an extreme fire behavior that leads to high fire severity, and dryness plays a vital role in this behavior. Due to the lack of fire severity data in Tohoku, high fire severity was estimated using a satellite-based high-fire-severity index (HFSI). HFSI is the ratio of the identi...