Identifying a suitable combination of classification technique and bandwidth(s) for burned area mapping in tallgrass prairie with MODIS imagery

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dc.contributor.author Mohler, Rhett L.
dc.contributor.author Goodin, Douglas G.
dc.date.accessioned 2012-08-10T21:16:31Z
dc.date.available 2012-08-10T21:16:31Z
dc.date.issued 2012-02-01
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2097/14184
dc.description.abstract Prescribed fire is crucial to the ecology and maintenance of tallgrass prairie, and its application affects a variety of human and natural systems. Consequently, maps showing the location and extent of these fires are critical to managing tallgrass prairies in a manner that balances the needs of all stakeholders. Satellite-based optical remote sensing can provide the necessary input for this mapping, but it requires the development mapping methods that are specific to tallgrass prairie. In this research, we devise and test a suitable mapping method by comparing the efficacy of seven combinations of bands and indices from the MODIS sensor using both pixel and object-based classification methods. Due to the relatively small size of many prescribed fires in tallgrass prairie, scenarios based on the 250 m spatial resolution red and NIR bands outperformed those based on the coarser 500 m spatial resolution bands, and a combination of both red and NIR performed better than each 250 m band individually. Object-based classification offered no improvement over the pixel-based classification, and performed poorer in some cases. Our results suggest that mapping burned areas in tallgrass prairie should be done at a minimum of 250 m spatial resolution, should used a pixel-based classification technique, and should use a combination of red and NIR. en_US
dc.relation.uri http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2011.08.008 en_US
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dc.subject Burned area mapping en_US
dc.subject MODIS en_US
dc.subject Object-based classification en_US
dc.subject Tallgrass prairie en_US
dc.subject Grasslands en_US
dc.title Identifying a suitable combination of classification technique and bandwidth(s) for burned area mapping in tallgrass prairie with MODIS imagery en_US
dc.type Article (author version) en_US
dc.date.published 2012 en_US
dc.citation.doi 10.1016/j.jag.2011.08.008 en_US
dc.citation.epage 111 en_US
dc.citation.issue 1 en_US
dc.citation.jtitle International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation en_US
dc.citation.spage 103 en_US
dc.citation.volume 14 en_US
dc.contributor.authoreid rlmohler en_US
dc.contributor.authoreid dgoodin en_US


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