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Spatio temporal analysis of forest fire risk and danger using LANDSAT imagery       
Yazarlar
Bülent Sağlam
Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ertuğrul Bilgili
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Bahar Dinç Durmaz
Gümüşhane Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ali İhsan Kadıoğulları
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Ömer KÜÇÜK
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
Computing fire danger and fire risk on a spatio-temporal scale is of crucial importance in fire management planning, and in the simulation of fire growth and development across a landscape. However, due to the complex nature of forests, fire risk and danger potential maps are considered one of the most difficult thematic layers to build up. Remote sensing and digital terrain data have been introduced for efficient discrete classification of fire risk and fire danger potential. In this study, two time-series data of Landsat imagery were used for determining spatio-temporal change of fire risk and danger potential in Korudag forest planning unit in northwestern Turkey. The method comprised the following two steps: (1) creation of indices of the factors influencing fire risk and danger; (2) evaluation of spatio-temporal changes in fire risk and danger of given areas using remote sensing as a quick and inexpensive means and determining the pace of forest cover change. Fire risk and danger potential indices were based on species composition, stand crown closure, stand development stage, insolation, slope and, proximity of agricultural lands to forest and distance from settlement areas. Using the indices generated, fire risk and danger maps were produced for the years 1987 and 2000. Spatio-temporal analyses were then realized based on the maps produced. Results obtained from the study showed that the use of Landsat imagery provided a valuable characterization and mapping of vegetation structure and type with overall classification accuracy higher than 83%.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Fire danger | Fire risk | Forest fire management | GIS | Landsat | Spatial analysis
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı SENSORS
Dergi ISSN 1424-8220
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 06-2008
Cilt No 8
Sayı 6
Sayfalar 3970 / 3987
Doi Numarası 10.3390/s8063970