Ecological Systems and Devices Annotation << Back EXPERT SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZATION AND DIAGNOSTICS OF FOREST FIRE DANGEROUS ZONES IN SIBERIA V.F. Krapivin, F.A. Mkrtchyan Goal of this paper is to develop a new method for the earlier detection of fire-prone zones in forested areas using information-modeling and microwave remote sensing tools. Searching system of fire-prone zones and its functional structure are developed to be as decision making under the operative diagnostics of large forested areas in Siberia. This paper discusses the current state of forest fires in Siberia and the potential direction for future stud-ies on the improvement of proposed here decision making system. This theoretical and experimental research al-lows us to develop new approach to the monitoring of the Siberian forests during seasons when fire occurrence potential factors take place. Decision making algorithm developed here is used for estimating the weights of the effective factors in forest fire occurrence in Siberia. Functions of flying laboratory IL-18 of Kotelnikov’s Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics of Russian Academy of Sciences are used for the evaluation of the parameters of searching system of fire-prone zones in Siberia. Results of microwave remote sensing measurements above the forested area with fire running are represented. Keywords: remote sensing; model; forest; Siberia; litter; fire; probability; decision making. DOI: 10.25791/esip.04.2020.1147 Pp. 06-23.