THE APPLICATION OF SPOT DATA IN RESEARCH OF FOREST FIRE BEHAVIOR AND ESTIMATION OF FOREST STOCK DAMAGE IN AMUER FOREST BUREAU

The research refers to the application of standard SPOT false colour composite images and NOAA-AVHRR images as main information resource to analyse the forest fire behavior of Great Xingan Mountains worst forest fire which happened during 6th,May to 2nd,June,1987.The analysis method is.using visual interpretation of the above mentioned remote sensing images and computer-assisted enhancement of special area images (for reference) combined with topographic and meteorological data; and on the basis of SPOT images visual interpretation and delineation,the general stratified sampling method and moderate ground sample plots enumeration are applied to estimate timber stock damage,forest fire area and its intensity in the Amuer Forest Bureau.The results show that the application of SPOT and NOAA-AVHRR data to research the process of forest fire,forest fire behavior and to estimate forest fire damage is a very effective method with which the necessary information can be obtained quickly and economically with requested precision.