<h2>North American Fire Monitoring Project</h2>
<p ><strong>Researchers:</strong>Tom Heinrichs and Kevin Engle, UAF Geographic Information Network of Alaska<br />
      <strong>Funding Source: </strong>JAXA<br />
      <strong>Collaborators:</strong> Masami Fukuda and Koji Nakau (Hokkaido University)</p>
      <p > The goal of this project is to improve northern wildfire detection and mapping with a focus
        on providing services to operational users.</p>
      <p > Working jointly with colleagues from Hokkaido University, we seek to improve the satellite-derived
        data products delivered through a long-standing program to the Alaska Fire Service. In addition
        to improving real-time operational support, satellite data is analyzed in support of wildfire
        propagation modeling, smoke transport, fuels estimates, and post-fire ecology.</p>
      <p > The results will include testing and assessment of a new fire detection algorithm developed
        by Hokkaido University. The Alaska Fire Service has agreed to assess and consider inclusion of
        products derived from this research effort into operational systems in the future. Data produced
        through the program are also used to model wildfire smoke dispersion, map active fires, and map
        and study post-fire ecology.</p>
      <p > The work performed in this program spans and unites several arctic science disciplines, including
        arctic ecology, atmospheric modeling, and satellite remote sensing. The union of these disciplines
        results in a product set characterizing wildfire and its impacts before, during, and after its
        occurrence.</p>