Comparison of two methods for estimating fire positions and the rate of spread of linear flame fronts

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Rudz, S ^a,b   Chetehouna, K ^a   Sero Guillaume O ^a   Pastor, E ^c   Planas, E ^c  

^a NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ENSI de Bourges   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evaluation criterion; Flame characteristics; Forest fires; Heat flux sensor; Image processing; Rate of spread; Segmentation methods; Simplified flame model

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FIRES; HEAT FLUX; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

EVALUATION CRITERIA; FLAME CHARACTERISTICS; FLAME MODELING; FOREST FIRES; HEAT FLUX SENSORS; SEGMENTATION METHODS;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 72149096022     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/11/115501     Document Type: Article

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