Combined Methodology Based on Field Spectrometry and Digital Photography for Estimating Fire Severity
Combined Methodology Based on Field Spectrometry and Digital Photography for Estimating Fire Severity
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基于现场光谱测量和数码摄影的组合方法来估计火灾严重程度
DOI:
10.1109/jstars.2008.2011624
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发表时间:
2008
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
J. Riva
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作者:
R. M. Llovería;F. Pérez;A. García;J. Riva
Fire severity can be considered one of the most influential factors in the postfire development of burnt areas. Ground level studies documenting changes in reflectance values improve the discrimination of spatial fire severity across large areas. The objective of this study was to determine those spectral regions most sensitive to fire severity levels by investigating the relationship between postfire surface materials and reflectance values. A total of 34 field plots were analyzed immediately following two natural fires in Spain. To obtain postfire data, we used a portable structure to obtain vertical photographs and reflectance values in the visible-near-infrared (VIS-NIR) range. Spectral reflectance and convolved Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) bands were statistically correlated with individual postfire materials and with a fire severity index, the Combustion Products Index (CPI), derived from them. The wavelengths most sensitive to postfire materials were 450.6, 758.2, and 797 nm for ash, black carbon, and vegetation, respectively, although these wavelengths were included within ranges of comparable behavior. Finally, stepwise multiple regression models (SMLRs) were applied to the data. SMLR predicted ash, black carbon, and vegetation levels from reflectance data with accuracies higher than 75%. Estimation from Landsat-TM bands yielded slightly lower accuracies. The CPI severity index was also well estimated using either reflectance data or TM bands (r 2 = 0.925 and r 2 = 0.840 , respectively).