Article Dans Une Revue Geo-spatial Information Science Année : 2024

Satellite-based mapping of canopy fuels at the pan-European scale

Leónia Nunes
Ana Catarina Sequeira
Brigite Botequim
Martino Rogai
Vassil Vassilev
Francois Pimont

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Canopy base height (CBH) and canopy bulk density (CBD) are forest canopy fuel parameters that are key for modeling the behavior of crown wildfires. In this work, we map them at a pan-European scale for the year 2020, producing a new dataset consisting of two raster layers containing both variables at an approximate resolution of 100 m. Spatial data from Earth observation missions and derived down-stream products were retrieved and processed using artificial intelligence to first estimate a map of aboveground biomass (AGB). Allometric models were then used to estimate the spatial distribution of CBH using the canopy height values as explanatory variables and CBD using AGB values. Ad-hoc allometric models were defined for this study. Data provided by FIRE-RES project partners and acquired through field inventories was used for validating the final products using an independent dataset of 804 ground-truth sample plots. The CBH and CBD raster maps have, respectively, the following accuracy regarding specific metrics reported from the modeling procedures: (i) coefficient of correlation (R) of 0.445 and 0.330 (p-value < 0.001); (ii) root mean square of error (RMSE) of 3.9 m and 0.099 kg m(-3); and (iii) a mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of 61% and 76%. Regarding CBD, the accuracy metrics improved in closed canopies (canopy cover > 80%) to R = 0.457, RMSE = 0.085, and MAPE = 59%. In short, we believe that the degree of accuracy is reasonable in the resulting maps, producing CBH and CBD datasets at the pan-European scale to support fire mitigation and crown fire simulations.
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hal-04904648 , version 1 (21-01-2025)

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Erico Kutchartt, José Ramón González-Olabarria, Antoni Trasobares, Núria Aquilué, Juan Guerra-Hernández, et al.. Satellite-based mapping of canopy fuels at the pan-European scale. Geo-spatial Information Science, 2024, pp.1-29. ⟨10.1080/10095020.2024.2429376⟩. ⟨hal-04904648⟩
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