Methodology for estimating burned area from AVHRR reflectance data

• Published in: Remote sensing of environment Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 273 - 289
• Main Authors: Razafimpanilo, Herisoa, Frouin, Robert, Iacobellis, Sam F., Somerville, Richard C.J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.12.1995; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; area; Biological and medical sciences; CLIMA TROPICAL; CLIMAT TROPICAL; CORRECTION FACTORS; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; FIRES; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects. Techniques; INCENDIE; INCENDIOS; METHODE; METHODS; METODOS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REFLECTANCE; REFLECTANCIA; REMOTE SENSING; SATELITES; SATELLITE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITES; TELEDETECCION; TELEDETECTION; Teledetection and vegetation maps; TROPICAL CLIMATE; tropics; VEGETACION; VEGETATION; vegetation types; Vegetation index; Simulation model; Multispectral scanner; Canopy fire; Remote sensing; Reflectance; AVHRR radiometer

Two methods are described to determine burned area from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data. The first method, or the “linear method”, employs Channel 2 reflectance, R 2, and is based on the nearly linear relationship between the fraction of pixel burned, P, and R 2. The second met...