Fire Danger Index

We are currently evaluating a normalized difference index using MODIS bands 7 and 2 for fire danger estimation. Band 7 in SWIR, being a water absorption band is sensitive to fuel moisture content. Band 2 in NIR is not very sensitive to fuel moisture. The following index may be useful for fire danger rates

FDI= (Band2-Band7)/(Band2+Band7)

by EastFIRE Lab

April 16, 16:35	April 16, 18:10	April 17, 15:40	April 19, 18:40	April 21, 16:55
April 21, 18:30	April 22, 16:00	April 22, 19:10	April 23, 16:40	April 23, 18:15
April 24, 19:00	April 28, 18:35	April 29, 16:05	April 29, 19:15	April 30, 16:45
April 30, 18:20	May 01, 15:50	May 01, 19:05	May 02, 16:35	May 02, 18:10
May 03, 15:40	May 03, 18:55	May 04, 16:20	May 04, 18:00	May 06, 16:05
May 08, 15:50	May 08, 15:50	May 08, 19:10	May 09, 18:15	May 10, 15:40
May 10, 19:00	May 11, 16:20	May 11, 18:00	May 12, 15:25	May 13, 16:10
May 14, 16:55	May 14, 18:30	May 15, 16:00	May 15, 19:20	May 16, 16:40
May 16, 18:20	May 17, 15:45	May 18, 16:30	May 18, 18:10	May 19, 15:35
May 19, 18:55	May 20, 16:15	May 20, 17:55	May 22, 16:10	May 23, 16:50
May 23, 18:30	May 24, 15:55	May 24, 16:00	May 24, 19:10	May 25, 16:40
May 25, 18:15	May 26, 15:45	May 26, 19:00	May 27, 16:30	May 27, 18:05
May 28, 15:35	May 28, 18:45	May 29, 16:15	May 29, 19:30	May 30, 18:35
May 31, 16:00	June 03, 16:30	June 07, 19:24	June 08, 18:26	June 09, 15:52
June 10, 16:34	June 10, 18:14	June 13, 15:27	June 13, 18:47	June 14, 16:10
June 15, 18:32	June 16, 15:58	June 16, 19:18	June 17, 16:41	June 17, 18:20

Comments and Suggestions
Updated: June 04, 2007
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