Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2023, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 96-106
System of operational construction of fire burning intensity maps and estimates of possible loss of forest vegetation as a result of fire action
1 Space Research Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia
2 Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Accepted: 17.10.2023
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2023-20-5-96-106
The paper presents a description of the system of operational construction of fire burning intensity maps and estimates of possible loss of forest vegetation as a result of fire action. The system has been developed as part of the IKI-Monitoring Shared Use Center (http://ckp.geosmis.ru/). The system is based on using fire burning intensity (FRP — Fire Radiative Power) and existing links of this characteristic with post-fire damage to vegetation. As input data, the system uses an operational fire database and an annually updated map of forest cover types in the Russian Federation. The paper presents general characteristics of the system, its construction architecture and some features of implementation. The main program module of the system is conditionally divided into three blocks: construction of maps with maximum fire burning intensity, construction of maps with projected post-fire damage and assessment of the dead forest vegetation area for different scale objects (fires, forestries, federal subjects and districts, Russian Federation). The algorithm of actions realizing each block is described. Also, the main features of the information products obtained as a result of the system operation are described. The issues of using those information products for solving various tasks and their integration into various information systems are briefly discussed.
Keywords: remote sensing, wildfire, remote assessment of burning intensity, FRP, the forest damage by fires, satellite data processing methods, forest pyrology
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