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Abstract
Mapping Post-Wildfire Burn Severity Using Remote Sensing and GIS
Track: Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management
Author(s): Annette Parsons, Beau Jarvis, Andrew Orlemann
Each year wildfires burn millions of acres of land managed by the USDA Forest Service. To mitigate the effects of post-fire soil erosion and to protect downstream values from flooding, the Forest Service frequently applies rehabilitation treatments to the most severely burned watersheds. To locate these areas of high burn severity and to model erosion and flood potential, Forest Service hydrologists and soil scientists rely increasingly on a variety of remote sensing and GIS technologies. This paper discusses various methods of mapping and modeling burned areas using satellite imagery, digital photography, and national forest vector information in a GIS environment.
Annette Parsons
US Forest Service/RSAC
Remote Sensing Applications Center
Medford District
3040 Biddle Road
Medford , OR 97504
USA
Phone: 541 618-2341
Fax: 541 618-2442
E-mail: aparsons@fs.fed.us
Beau Jarvis
USDA Forest Service
Remote Sensing Applications Center
2222 West 2300 South
Salt Lake City 84119
USA
Phone: 801 975-3827
Fax: 801 975-3478
E-mail: bjjarvis@fs.fed.us
Andrew Orlemann
USDA Forest Service
Remote Sensing Applications Center
2222 West 2300 South
Salt Lake City 84119
USA
Phone: 801 975-3769
Fax: 801 975-3478
E-mail: aorlemann@fs.fed.us