Assessing the Causes, Consequences and Spatial Variability of Burn Severity: A Rapid Response Proposal. Final Report, Joint Fire Science Program AFP2-2003

摘要

The main goals of this rapid response research project were to identify quantitative indicators of burn severity that could be rapidly assessed on the ground and mapped remotely, and to explore alternative remote sensing tools to Landsat-derived NBR and dNBR indices. Nine wildfires in four different ecological and geographical regions were selected as study areas. Extensive vegetation and soils field data and satellite and airborne hyperspectral imagery were collected immediately after each fire, and field sites were revisited one year post-fire. We coordinated sampling, analysis, and publication of results with two other rapid response teams in order to more efficiently and effectively provide decision support for fire managers.