Investigation of possibilities of using SMOS data for fire danger assessment at the territory of Krasnoyarsk region

The results of correlation analysis of soil moisture, according to SMOS satellite data, and fire danger index, calcu- lated from data measured by weather stations, within the territory of Krasnoyarsk region are presented. For the central and southern parts of Krasnoyarsk region the values of correlation coefficients between soil moisture and fire danger were –0.45…–0.7. At the same time, correlation coefficients were close to zero or had positive values at the northern area of the region. Vegetation types were identified using GLC2000 classification. It was concluded that time series of soil moisture, obtained by satellite SMOS, satisfactory describe the dynamics of change of level of fire danger indices just for the territories covered by non-forest types of vegetation.