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Modis reflectance and active fire data for burn mapping and assessment at regional level

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  • Merino-de-Miguel, Silvia
  • Huesca, Margarita
  • González-Alonso, Federico

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This paper presents an algorithm for rapid and accurate burn mapping that is applied here to the forest fires occurred in Galicia (northwest Spain) in August 2006, when nearly 930km2 were almost entirely burned over the course of eight days. The algorithm synergistically combines remotely-sensed reflectance and active fire data as measured by the MODIS (MODerate resolution Imaging Spectrometer) sensor on board Terra and Aqua NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) satellites. Burned area data collected from this work was compared to official fires statistics from the Spanish Ministry of Environment and to perimeters that were derived using a high spatial resolution satellite image. In a later step, burn patches area analyzed using information from the National Forest Map (1:50,000) and some Geographical Information Systems (GIS) tools.

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  • Merino-de-Miguel, Silvia & Huesca, Margarita & González-Alonso, Federico, 2010. "Modis reflectance and active fire data for burn mapping and assessment at regional level," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 221(1), pages 67-74.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:221:y:2010:i:1:p:67-74
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.09.015
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