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    Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
    EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

    Courses and Certificate Fees

    Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
    USD 119yesUAF Alaska

    The Syllabus

    • Introduction to wildfires in Alaska: fire season and fire statistics
    • Wildfire management
    • Wildfire impacts on people, environment, ecosystem and wildlife

    • How does remote sensing work?
    • Earth observation satellite missions and their data
    • Image interpretation: how to identify land features in an image?

    • Mapping wildfire fuel from image data
    • Detecting wildfire from space
    • Mapping burn scar and assessing fire impact

    • Remote sensing data, tools, and services from NASA, NOAA, U.S. Forest Service, and Alaska Interagency Coordination Center
    • How remote sensing data and products support decision making for fire management

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