Comparative Analysis between Remote Sensing Burned Area Products in Brazil: A Case Study in an Environmentally Unstable Watershed
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Satellite Data
2.2.1. AMAZÔNIA-1 Satellite Data
2.2.2. AQ1KM Satellite Data
2.2.3. MapBiomas Fire
2.3. Methodology
2.3.1. Trend Analysis
2.3.2. Training Samples
2.3.3. U-Net Model Classification
2.3.4. Accuracy Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Analysis of the Distribution, Frequency, and Trends of Burned Area
3.2. Spectral Separability Analysis
3.3. Burned Area by U-Net Classification
3.4. Accuracy Analysis
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
Acronyms | Meaning |
ANA | National Water and Basic Sanitation Agency |
BAI | Burned Area Index |
BHO | Ottocoded Hydrographic Base |
Corr | Correlation |
CE | Commission Error |
DC | Dice Coefficient |
GEE | Google Earth Engine |
GSD | Ground Sampling Distance |
IPAHN | Amazon Environmental Research Institute |
ITCZ | Intertropical Convergence Zone |
LASA | Laboratory of Environmental Satellite Applications |
MK | Mann–Kendall |
MODIS | Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
NIR | Near-Infrared |
NDVI | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
OE | Omission Error |
OLI-2 | Operational Land Instrument 2 |
ReLU | Rectified Linear Unit |
RMSE | Root Mean Square Error |
SWIR | Short-Wave Infrared |
UFRJ | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro |
TSA | Thiessen Scene Area |
WFI | Wide Field Imaging Camera |
WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
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da Silva Junior, J.A.; Pacheco, A.d.P.; Ruiz-Armenteros, A.M.; Henriques, R.F.F. Comparative Analysis between Remote Sensing Burned Area Products in Brazil: A Case Study in an Environmentally Unstable Watershed. Fire 2024, 7, 238. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7070238
da Silva Junior JA, Pacheco AdP, Ruiz-Armenteros AM, Henriques RFF. Comparative Analysis between Remote Sensing Burned Area Products in Brazil: A Case Study in an Environmentally Unstable Watershed. Fire. 2024; 7(7):238. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7070238
Chicago/Turabian Styleda Silva Junior, Juarez Antonio, Admilson da Penha Pacheco, Antonio Miguel Ruiz-Armenteros, and Renato Filipe Faria Henriques. 2024. "Comparative Analysis between Remote Sensing Burned Area Products in Brazil: A Case Study in an Environmentally Unstable Watershed" Fire 7, no. 7: 238. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7070238