Mapping and monitoring forest fire using remote sensing and GIS : a case study of Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand | |
| Author | Suwannee Naruekhatpichai |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.SR-97-15 |
| Subject(s) | Geographic information systems Forest fire detection--Thailand Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary Remote sensing--Thailand |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. SR-97-15 |
| Abstract | Now a day, in the period of globalization due to the development of the high infonnation technologies have made the very fast of the new information receiving to the people. Almost people are very interesting in environmental infonnation and problems and also think about the ways to protect the resources and environment. Because of the deforestation is the main problem for all tropical countries. There are so many causes to degraded the forest i.e. the shifting cultivation, the illegal logging, the water or main river disaster, the dam creating and one of the very important cause is the forest fire. The forest fire destroyed the balance of ecosystem and environment and damage soil nutrient. However, The royal Fore st Department has solved the forest fire problem in long time ago and got the better result than the past. In this study, the author tried to study in the causes of the forest fire occurring. In both of the nature ways and man made ways and also concentrated in the direction of the fire spreading in several years to compared all results, in order to knew the real causes of the forest fire starting and its behaviour to find the right ways for forest fire protection plans in the future using the high technologies of remote sensing and the GIS applications for the main of the study. The remote sensing techniques and analysis using the difference of target significant signature to detected the different results for the classification are very important to study in the signatures of forest fire occurred on the images. |
| Year | 1997 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. SR-97-15 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Space Technology Application and Research (SR) |
| Chairperson(s) | Kaew Nualchawee; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Honda, Kiyoshi;Tewari, Vinod K.; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian Institute of Technology; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1997 |