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US Forest Service Uses Jagwire for Better Active Fire Management

US Forest Service Uses Jagwire for Better Active Fire Management

8/12/2022

Problem: Over the last several decades, wildland fire management has drastically changed with longer fire seasons, unprecedented fire behavior and larger fires that burn more acres each year. In the western United States in particular, wildfires have become an all-too-common occurrence that destroy personal property and wildlife habitat... Read More >

Meteorological and Ecological Monitoring Platform Uses Enterprise Analytics

Meteorological and Ecological Monitoring Platform Uses Enterprise Analytics

11/22/2021

The Hubei Provincial Meteorological Bureau (HPMB) is one of the provincial branches of the China Meteorological Administration, which is the national weather service for the People's Republic of China.  HPMB wanted to easily share a variety of weather and ecological information products to with the citizens of Hubei Province. To... Read More >

Improving Japanese Weather Forecasting With IDL

Improving Japanese Weather Forecasting With IDL

11/9/2021

Japan has a dynamic landscape and corresponding weather patterns. While it does have four seasons, its climate ranges from subarctic in the north to subtropical in the south. The landscape and weather makes it prone to many types of natural disasters, such as typhoons. An annual average of 10 typhoons come within 300 kilometers of the coast... Read More >

Use ENVI to Calculate Firefighter Safety Zones During Wildfires

Use ENVI to Calculate Firefighter Safety Zones During Wildfires

9/27/2021

On October 17, 2020, the Calwood Fire started near Boulder, Colorado, and quickly spread, burning thousands of acres. When firefighters fight blazes like this one, the challenge of ensuring their safety is a priority. In this video case study, Austin Coates shows how ENVI® can be used with remotely sensed data to calculate firefighter... Read More >

Performing Flood Mapping After Cyclone Yaas Using ENVI SARscape

Performing Flood Mapping After Cyclone Yaas Using ENVI SARscape

9/24/2021

In May 2021, Cyclone Yaas hit the east coast of India with wind gusts up to 140 kilometers per hour (87 mph). It strengthened to the equivalent of a Category 1 Atlantic hurricane on May 23 and made landfall at Baleshwar on May 25 at peak intensity. The storm produced damaging storm surges, which caused flooding and left tens of thousands of... Read More >

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