Recover: An automated cloud-based decision support system for post-fire rehabilitation planning

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 363-370

  Schnase, J L ^a   Carroll, M L ^b   Weber, K T ^d   Brown, M E ^b   Gill, R L ^a   Wooten, M ^b   May, J ^d   Serr, K ^d   Smith, E ^d   Goldsby, R ^d   Newtoff, K ^c   Bradford, K ^c   Doyle, C ^c   Volker, E ^c   Weber, S ^c  

^a Office of Computational and Information Sciences and Technology   (United States)

^b Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BAER; Burned area emergency response; Cloud computing; Decision support systems; DSS; Emergency stabilization and rehabilitation; ESR; Rapid response

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BUDGET CONTROL; CLOUD COMPUTING; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICES; FIRES; RECOVERY; STABILIZATION;

BURNED AREA EMERGENCY RESPONSE; BURNED AREAS; CLOUD-COMPUTING; DSS; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; EMERGENCY STABILIZATION AND REHABILITATION; RAPID RESPONSE;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84924245413     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-1-363-2014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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