Characterization of stands affected by fire

Collaborators

Center for Experimentation and Development in the Boreal Forest (CEDFOB)

Center for Education and Research in Forestry (CERFO)

Funding

Quebec Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks (MFFP)

Description 

A forest in Lac-Saint-Jean and affected by fire was analyzed for this study.

Methodology

Using airborne short-wave infrared hyperspectral imagery, our team first identified spectral signatures associated with the different characterization classes of burn patterns.

Then, it established the statistical profile of the stands’ mortality rate that had been partially affected by the fire.

An analysis of the spectral signatures and the characterization classes’ variations finally made it possible to identify the main discriminant wavelengths, in addition to correspondence with the satellites that have these spectral bands.

Field 

Environmental monitoring