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MODIS Reflectance and Active Fire Data for Burn Mapping in Colombia

Silvia Merino-de-Miguel EUIT Forestal, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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Federico González-Alonso Remote Sensing Laboratory, CIFOR-INIA, Madrid, Spain

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Margarita Huesca ETSI Montes, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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Dolors Armenteras Department of Biology, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

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Carol Franco Department of Biology, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

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01 Feb 2011
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Fire in the Earth Systems: Toward an Operational Use of Remote Sensing in Forest Fire Management
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https://doi.org/10.1175/2010EI344.1
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Abstract

Satellite-based strategies for burned area mapping may rely on two types of remotely sensed data: postfire reflectance images and active fire detection. This study uses both methods in a synergistic way. In particular, burned area mapping is carried out using MCD43B4 [Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS); Terra + Aqua nadir bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF); adjusted reflectance 16-day L3 global 1-km sinusoidal grid V005 (SIN)] postfire datasets and MODIS active fire products. The developed methodology was tested in Colombia, an area not covered by any known MODIS ground antenna, using data from 2004. The resulting burned area map was validated using a high-spatial-resolution Landsat-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) image and compared to two global burned area products: L3JRC (terrestrial ecosystem monitoring global burnt area product) and MCD45A1 (MODIS Terra + Aqua burned area monthly global 500-m SIN grid V005). The results showed that this method would be of great interest at regional to national scales because it proved to be quick, accurate, and cost effective.

* Corresponding author address: Dr. Silvia Merino-de-Miguel, UD Topografía, EUIT Forestal (UPM), Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 28040, Spain. silvia.merino@upm.es

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Abstract

Satellite-based strategies for burned area mapping may rely on two types of remotely sensed data: postfire reflectance images and active fire detection. This study uses both methods in a synergistic way. In particular, burned area mapping is carried out using MCD43B4 [Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS); Terra + Aqua nadir bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF); adjusted reflectance 16-day L3 global 1-km sinusoidal grid V005 (SIN)] postfire datasets and MODIS active fire products. The developed methodology was tested in Colombia, an area not covered by any known MODIS ground antenna, using data from 2004. The resulting burned area map was validated using a high-spatial-resolution Landsat-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) image and compared to two global burned area products: L3JRC (terrestrial ecosystem monitoring global burnt area product) and MCD45A1 (MODIS Terra + Aqua burned area monthly global 500-m SIN grid V005). The results showed that this method would be of great interest at regional to national scales because it proved to be quick, accurate, and cost effective.

* Corresponding author address: Dr. Silvia Merino-de-Miguel, UD Topografía, EUIT Forestal (UPM), Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 28040, Spain. silvia.merino@upm.es

This article included in the Fire in the Earth Systems: Toward an Operational Use of Remote Sensing in Forest Fire Management special collection.

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