Using Google Earth engine (GEE) and Landsat satellite images to detect forest fires
https://doi.org/10.25587/SVFU.2022.26.2.003
Abstract
The problem of forest fires is becoming more and more visible both globally and locally. Fires in Yakutia are a serious problem. Boreal forests play an important role in global warming and carbon dioxide circulation. Changes in the fire regime and climate in this region have already begun, and this has an impact on carbon dynamics on a regional and global scale. Increasingly, satellite data is being used to study fires. In recent years, so-called “Big Data” has been used in the processing of satellite data. In order to correctly assess the magnitude of the threat, it is necessary to develop an effective methodology for assessing post-fire performance. Data from the MODIS Collection 6 sensor were chosen for research because of their greater availability and sufficient spatial resolution for our work. We used data for the period from 2001 to 2019 from the FIRMS fire archive. This article presents a method for determining some of the characteristics of fires using Big Data and the Google Earth Engine platform. Algorithms created to determine the main post-fire characteristics were applied on the example of the Verkhoyansk region of Yakutia. The results are given on the example of fires in Verkhoyansky district of Yakutia in the period 2001 – 2019. For the analysis, data from the FIRMS program from the Modis and VIIRIS instruments, as well as Landsat data were used.
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About the Authors
P. K. Janiec
M.K Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
JANIEC Petr Kzhushtof – post-graduate student, Ecological and Geographical Division, Institute of Natural Sciences
Yakutsk
S. A. Ivanova
M.K Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
IVANOVA Svetlana Alekseevna – Candidate of Pedagogical Science, Associate Professor, Ecological and Geographical Division, Institute of Natural Sciences
Yakutsk
Y. G. Danilov
M.K Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
DANILOV Yury Gerogievich – Candidate of Geographic Sciences, Associate Professor, Ecological and Geographical Division, Institute of Natural Sciences
Yakutsk
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Janiec P.K., Ivanova S.A., Danilov Y.G. Using Google Earth engine (GEE) and Landsat satellite images to detect forest fires. Vestnik of North-Eastern Federal University Series "Earth Sciences". 2022;(2):22-31. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25587/SVFU.2022.26.2.003
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