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DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALGORITHM FOR ASSESSING THE UNDERLYING SURFACE IN THE AREAS OF FELLING ON HEAT MAPS BASED ON REMOTE SENSING DATA

Alexander Dergunov

Abstract

Response to anthropogenic disturbances, recorded according to remote sensing of the Earth, has a long-term manifestation not only in the spectral characteristics of the channels of visible and near infrared ranges of satellite imagery, but also in the study of the temperature field. The paper deals with the local excess temperature of the underlying surface in the areas of cutting the territory of the Angara region, compared with the background values identified by satellite data Landsat 5 and 8 for the seventeen-year period. Estimates of the relative difference in the temperature of the underlying surface of the cutting area in comparison with the average background values are obtained. To this end, a number of software products to automate the archiving and conversion of satellite information has been developed. These software products are designed for calculation of the radio-brightness temperature of the underlying surface of disturbed and undisturbed areas of forest vegetation in the pre-selected areas of the territory. They are also used to average the obtained data of radio-brightness temperature and to calculate the difference between the average values of the radio-brightness temperature of the underlying surface of the disturbed areas relative to the undisturbed, that is, the background. This approach can significantly reduce the processing time of a large amount of information and optimize the amount of data storage. Separately, the study area was analyzed according to the NDVI vegetation index. The data obtained demonstrate a high rate of recovery of grass cover and grass-shrub layer immediately after damage to forest vegetation. It is shown that during the considered period of time (17 years) the value of excess temperature decreases, which is determined by the processes of vegetation restoration, including stand on felling. It is established that the increased temperatures of the underlying surface in the place of cuttings are remained for at least 15 years, and the temperature increase over the background values in the conditions of the observed successional processes is not less than 10%. As a limiting factor in the restoration of the temperature background of the underlying surface, fires can act.

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DOI resolver: doi.org/10.5593/sgem2019/2.2/s10.063

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