Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2013, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 254-266
Post-fire forest tree mortality assessment method using MODIS satellite data
F.V. Stytsenko
, S.A. Bartalev
, V.A. Egorov
, E.A. Loupian
Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia
The study focused on post-fire tree mortality assessment in Russian forests using MODIS data. The method is based on relationship between in-situ and satellite data in near-infra-red (NIR) and short-wave-infra-red (SWIR) ranges of optical spectrum. Method allows post-fire forest dynamics assessment during given vegetation season in comparison to pre-fire multi-annual data. Method was used for fire-caused tree mortality assessment across entire country for years 2006–2012.
Keywords: лесные пожары, повреждения лесов, дистанционное зондирование, методы обработки спутниковых данных, remote sensing, multispectral satellite images, spectral vegetation index, forest fire, burn severity, forest condition
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