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The potentiality of Sentinel-2 to assess the effect of fire events on Mediterranean mountain vegetation / Walter de Simone in Plant sociology, vol 57 n° 1 ([01/02/2020])  

Public [article]  inPlant sociology > vol 57 n° 1 [01/02/2020] . - pp 11 - 22 Titre : The potentiality of Sentinel-2 to assess the effect of fire events on Mediterranean mountain vegetation Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Walter de Simone, Auteur ; Michele Di Musciano, Auteur ; Valter Di Cecco, Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Article en page(s) : pp 11 - 22 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de télédétection [Termes IGN] forêt méditerranéenne [Termes IGN] habitat d'intérêt communautaire [Termes IGN] image Sentinel-MSI [Termes IGN] incendie de forêt [Termes IGN] Italie [Termes IGN] montagne [Termes IGN] Normalized Difference Vegetation Index [Termes IGN] surveillance forestière [Termes IGN] zone sinistrée Résumé : (auteur) Wildfires are currently one of the most important environmental problems, as they cause disturbance in ecosystems generating environmental, economic and social costs. The Sentinel-2 from Copernicus Program (Sentinel satellites) offers a great tool for post-fire monitoring. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the potential of Sentinel-2 in a peculiar mountainous landscape by measuring and identifying the burned areas and monitor the short-term response of the vegetation in different ‘burn severity’ classes. A Sentinel-2 dataset was created, and pre-processing operations were performed. Relativized Burn Ratio (RBR) was calculated to identify ‘burn scar’ and discriminate the ‘burn severity’ classes. A two-year monitoring was carried out with areas identified based on different severity classes, using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to investigate the short-term vegetation dynamics of the burned habitats; habitats refer to Annex I of the European Directive 92/43/EEC. The study area is located in ‘Campo Imperatore’ within the Gran Sasso — Monti della Laga National Park (central Italy). The first important result was the identification and quantification of the area affected by fire. The RBR allowed us to identify even the less damaged habitats with high accuracy. The survey highlighted the importance of these Open-source tools for qualitative and quantitative evaluation of fires and the short-term assessment of vegetation recovery dynamics. The information gathered by this type of monitoring can be used by decision-makers both for emergency management and for possible environmental restoration of the burned areas. Numéro de notice : A2020-851 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.3897/pls2020571/02 Date de publication en ligne : 13/04/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.3897/pls2020571/02 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=98668 [article]