Abstract
The project aims to produce accurate, validated
burnt area products of a region of Portugal that
has seen a rise in vegetation fire activity in recent
years culminating in the devastating fire events
of the summer of 2003. These products will be derived
from the UK-owned DMC satellite providing wide-swath
coverage of the study area with a repeat-pass of
every 4-5 days. The following objectives are realised:
- To derive an algorithm based on the three bands
of the DMC system (at green, red and near infrared
wavelengths for mapping burnt areas.
- To investigate
the possibility of extracting information on
the severity of burn, pre- and post-burn vegetation
characteristics (e.g. biomass), or data on the
type of fire that has occurred. This information
is useful for computing the resultant gas emissions.
- To
conduct field experiments at the time of data
acquisition to determine the accuracy of the algorithm
for mapping burnt area and acquiring spectral measurements
of burnt surfaces to help understand and interpret
the satellite signal.
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