After a fire, before a flood: NASA’s Landsat directs restoration to at-risk areas

While the 138,000-acre Silver Fire still smoldered, forest restoration specialists were on the job. They analyzed maps created using Landsat satellite data to determine where the burn destroyed vegetation and exposed soil — and where to focus emergency restoration efforts.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-08/nsf…