Abstract of the project
Earth observation using satellite remote sensing together with geographic information systems (GIS) are invaluable tools for fire monitoring and emergency management, risk assessment and, above all, for detecting burnt areas, estimating damage, preparing interventions recovery and follow the trajectories of the vegetation after the events. The European Copernicus program (https://www.copernicus.eu/it) facilitates the process of detecting burnt areas and monitoring their spatial evolution over time thanks to the high revisit time of the satellites of the Sentinel-2 constellation together with the Landsat Image History Archive. The objective that the Alta Murgia National Park pursues with this project proposal is to have information relating to the fires that have occurred and the response of the vegetation in the Park area. In this way, useful elements will be provided for the timely identification of the areas covered by the fire for their perimeter, characterization and control to support both the preliminary and timely planning of forest restoration interventions and their monitoring over time, and the updating of AIB plans according to the provisions of the law.
CNR-IIA (Italy)
Sabino Maggi
Maria Patricia Adam
Silvana Fuina
Christine Tarantino
Xavier Vicar