Advancing Forest Fire Risk Evaluation: An Integrated Framework for Visualizing Area-Specific Forest Fire Risks Using UAV Imagery, Object Detection and Color Mapping Techniques

  1. Aibin, Michal 1
  2. Li, Yuanxi 1
  3. Sharma, Rohan 1
  4. Ling, Junyan 1
  5. Ye, Jiannan 1
  6. Lu, Jianming 1
  7. Zhang, Jiesi 1
  8. Coria, Lino 1
  9. Huang, Xingguo 1
  10. Yang, Zhiyuan 1
  11. Ke, Lili 1
  12. Zou, Panhaoqi 1
  13. Gullett, Brian K. ed. lit.
  14. Aurell, Johanna ed. lit.
  15. Velanas, Pantelis ed. lit.
  16. González-Aguilera, Diego ed. lit.
  17. Margariti, Katerina ed. lit.
  18. Broadbent, Eben N. ed. lit.
  1. 1 Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, 410 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 1Z3, Canada
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Drones

ISSN: 2504-446X

Year of publication: 2024

Volume: 8

Issue: 2

Pages: 39

Type: Article

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