Abstract
This paper presents a semi-automatic methodology for fire scars mapping from a long time series of remote sensing data. Approximately, a hundred MSS images from different Landsat satellites were employed over an area of 32 100 km2 in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula. The analysed period was from 1975 to 1993. Results are a map series of fire history and frequencies. Omission errors are 23% for burned areas greater than 200 ha while commission errors are 8% for areas greater than 50 ha. Subsequent work based on the resultant fire scars will also help in describing fire regime and in monitoring post-fire regeneration dynamics. © 2000 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 655-671 |
Journal | International Journal of Remote Sensing |
Volume | 21 |
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Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2000 |