Smokey comes of age: unmanned aerial systems for fire management. Issue 6 (1st August 2016)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Smokey comes of age: unmanned aerial systems for fire management. Issue 6 (1st August 2016)
- Main Title:
- Smokey comes of age: unmanned aerial systems for fire management
- Authors:
- Twidwell, Dirac
Allen, Craig R
Detweiler, Carrick
Higgins, James
Laney, Christian
Elbaum, Sebastian - Abstract:
- Abstract : During the past century, fire management has focused on techniques both to protect human communities from catastrophic wildfire and to maintain fire‐dependent ecological systems. However, despite a large and increasing allocation of resources and personnel to achieve these goals, fire management objectives at regional to global scales are not being met. Current fire management techniques are clearly inadequate for the challenges faced by fire managers, and technological innovations are needed. Advances in unmanned aerial systems (UAS) technology provide opportunities for innovation in fire management and science. In many countries, fire management organizations are beginning to explore the potential of UAS for monitoring fires. We have taken the next step and developed a prototype that can precisely ignite fires as part of wildfire suppression tactics or prescribed fires (fire intentionally ignited within predetermined conditions to reduce hazardous fuels, improve habitat, or mitigate for large wildfires). We discuss the potential for these technologies to benefit fire management activities, while acknowledging the sizeable sociopolitical barriers that prevent their immediate broad application.
- Is Part Of:
- Frontiers in ecology and the environment. Volume 14:Issue 6(2016)
- Journal:
- Frontiers in ecology and the environment
- Issue:
- Volume 14:Issue 6(2016)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 14, Issue 6 (2016)
- Year:
- 2016
- Volume:
- 14
- Issue:
- 6
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2016-0014-0006-0000
- Page Start:
- 333
- Page End:
- 339
- Publication Date:
- 2016-08-01
- Subjects:
- Ecology -- Periodicals
Environmental sciences -- Periodicals
Ecology
Environmental sciences
Electronic journals
Periodicals
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1002/fee.1299 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1540-9295
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