Landsat LDCM imagery for estimating and mapping burned forest areas caused by jet attacks in Duhok governorate, Kurdistan region-Iraq
Joint Authors
Mustafa, Yasin Taha
Habib, Hidaf Nasr al-Din
Source
Publisher
Publication Date
2016-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
English Abstract
Estimating fire damage in the forest areas is an important task and a main target for the forestry directorate.
This paper presents an approach for estimating burned forest areas in Duhok Governorate that caused by Turkish jet attacks on July 2015.
The presented approach is based on using Landsat Data Continuity Mission LDCM (Landsat-8) satellite images.
The spectral bands of Landsat-8 imagery were analyzed and the most sensitive bands to the burned areas were identified.
Moreover, spectral indices: Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and Normalized Burned Ratio (NBR) were used to identify and determine the burned areas.
As a result, a map of burned areas was created with 8981 hectares of the total areas.
This approach can be applied for the whole Kurdistan region over multi-temporal interval to estimate burned areas that happened either by Turkish jet attack or by other sources.
Data Type
Conference Papers
Record ID
BIM-797938
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mustafa, Yasin Taha& Habib, Hidaf Nasr al-Din. 2016-06-30. Landsat LDCM imagery for estimating and mapping burned forest areas caused by jet attacks in Duhok governorate, Kurdistan region-Iraq. The Scientific Agricultural Conference (2nd : 2016 : University of Duhok, Kurdistan region of Iraq). . Vol. 19, no. 1 (Special Issue) Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences (Jun. 2016), pp.683-690.Dihok Iraq : University of Duhok.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mustafa, Yasin Taha& Habib, Hidaf Nasr al-Din. Landsat LDCM imagery for estimating and mapping burned forest areas caused by jet attacks in Duhok governorate, Kurdistan region-Iraq. . Dihok Iraq : University of Duhok. 2016-06-30.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-797938
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mustafa, Yasin Taha& Habib, Hidaf Nasr al-Din. Landsat LDCM imagery for estimating and mapping burned forest areas caused by jet attacks in Duhok governorate, Kurdistan region-Iraq. . The Scientific Agricultural Conference (2nd : 2016 : University of Duhok, Kurdistan region of Iraq).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-797938