First evaluation of fire severity retrieval from PRISMA hyperspectral data

[EN] The unprecedented availability of spaceborne hyperspectral data has great potential to provide fire severity estimates that align with post-fire management needs, overcoming complex logistics and data acquisition costs of airborne hyperspectral sensors, and the suboptimal sensitivity of broadba...

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Autores: Quintano Pastor, Carmen, Calvo Galván, María Leonor, Fernández Manso, Alfonso, Suárez-Seoane, Susana, Fernandes, Paulo Alexandre Martins, 1966-, Fernández Guisuraga, José Manuel
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Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de León
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10612/16999
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Palabra clave:Ecología. Medio ambiente
CBI
MESMA
PRISMA
Sentinel-2
Spaceborne spectrometers
Wildfire
2417.13 Ecología Vegetal
3106 Ciencia Forestal
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spelling First evaluation of fire severity retrieval from PRISMA hyperspectral dataQuintano Pastor, CarmenCalvo Galván, María LeonorFernández Manso, AlfonsoSuárez-Seoane, SusanaFernandes, Paulo Alexandre Martins, 1966-Fernández Guisuraga, José ManuelEcología. Medio ambienteCBIMESMAPRISMASentinel-2Spaceborne spectrometersWildfire2417.13 Ecología Vegetal3106 Ciencia Forestal[EN] The unprecedented availability of spaceborne hyperspectral data has great potential to provide fire severity estimates that align with post-fire management needs, overcoming complex logistics and data acquisition costs of airborne hyperspectral sensors, and the suboptimal sensitivity of broadband data to several post-fire ground components. We analyzed the feasibility of the PRISMA mission -one of the first spaceborne spectrometers operationally active- to assess fire severity by leveraging hyperspectral data dimensionality through the retrieval of sub-pixel components directly related to fire severity in the field. Multispectral data provided by Sentinel-2, commonly used in fire severity quantitative assessments, were used as a benchmark method. Multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis (MESMA) was used to retrieve fractional cover of char, photosynthetic vegetation (PV), as well as non-photosynthetic vegetation and soil (NPVS) from post-fire PRISMA Level 2D and Sentinel-2 Level 2A scenes in one of the largest wildfires ever recorded in the western Mediterranean Basin. Ground-truth data were obtained using the Composite Burn Index (CBI) to procure three field-measured severity metrics: vegetation, soil and site. The relationship between the CBI data on a continuum scale and the cover of char, PV and NPVS image fractions retrieved from PRISMA and Sentinel-2 was assessed through Random Forest regression (RFR). Likewise, Ordinal Forests (OF) algorithm was used to classify categorized CBI data (low, moderate and high fire severity). PRISMA-based RFR fire severity estimates at vegetation, soil and site levels (R2 = 0.64–0.79 and RMSE = 0.33–0.41) outperformed those of Sentinel-2 (R2 = 0.27–0.53 and RMSE = 0.54–0.60), and were in line with previous studies using airborne hyperspectral sensors at higher spatial resolution. Fire severity underestimation for high field CBI values was almost unnoticeable in the PRISMA estimates. Categorical fire severity, not currently estimated using hyperspectral data but with high interest in post-fire management, were accurately predicted by PRISMA-based OF classification, with consistent user's and producer's accuracy for each fire severity category. The high confusion between moderate and low/high fire severity categories, typical when unmixing broadband multispectral data, was overcome by the PRISMA-based classification scheme. Our results suggest that new spaceborne spectrometer missions can support reliable fire severity assessments equivalent to airborne spectrometers, but readily applicable to large-scale assessments of extreme wildfire events.SIAEIFICYTBritish Ecological SocietyPortuguese Foundation for Science and TechnologyElsevierEcologiaFacultad de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttps://hdl.handle.net/10612/16999reponame:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Leóninstname:Universidad de LeónInglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/ /TED2021-130925B-I00info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/Principality of Asturias/FICYT/AYUDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/British Ecological Society/ /SR22-100154info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology/ /UIDBinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/169992026-06-24T12:43:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv First evaluation of fire severity retrieval from PRISMA hyperspectral data
title First evaluation of fire severity retrieval from PRISMA hyperspectral data
spellingShingle First evaluation of fire severity retrieval from PRISMA hyperspectral data
Quintano Pastor, Carmen
Ecología. Medio ambiente
CBI
MESMA
PRISMA
Sentinel-2
Spaceborne spectrometers
Wildfire
2417.13 Ecología Vegetal
3106 Ciencia Forestal
title_short First evaluation of fire severity retrieval from PRISMA hyperspectral data
title_full First evaluation of fire severity retrieval from PRISMA hyperspectral data
title_fullStr First evaluation of fire severity retrieval from PRISMA hyperspectral data
title_full_unstemmed First evaluation of fire severity retrieval from PRISMA hyperspectral data
title_sort First evaluation of fire severity retrieval from PRISMA hyperspectral data
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Quintano Pastor, Carmen
Calvo Galván, María Leonor
Fernández Manso, Alfonso
Suárez-Seoane, Susana
Fernandes, Paulo Alexandre Martins, 1966-
Fernández Guisuraga, José Manuel
author Quintano Pastor, Carmen
author_facet Quintano Pastor, Carmen
Calvo Galván, María Leonor
Fernández Manso, Alfonso
Suárez-Seoane, Susana
Fernandes, Paulo Alexandre Martins, 1966-
Fernández Guisuraga, José Manuel
author_role author
author2 Calvo Galván, María Leonor
Fernández Manso, Alfonso
Suárez-Seoane, Susana
Fernandes, Paulo Alexandre Martins, 1966-
Fernández Guisuraga, José Manuel
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ecologia
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ecología. Medio ambiente
CBI
MESMA
PRISMA
Sentinel-2
Spaceborne spectrometers
Wildfire
2417.13 Ecología Vegetal
3106 Ciencia Forestal
topic Ecología. Medio ambiente
CBI
MESMA
PRISMA
Sentinel-2
Spaceborne spectrometers
Wildfire
2417.13 Ecología Vegetal
3106 Ciencia Forestal
description [EN] The unprecedented availability of spaceborne hyperspectral data has great potential to provide fire severity estimates that align with post-fire management needs, overcoming complex logistics and data acquisition costs of airborne hyperspectral sensors, and the suboptimal sensitivity of broadband data to several post-fire ground components. We analyzed the feasibility of the PRISMA mission -one of the first spaceborne spectrometers operationally active- to assess fire severity by leveraging hyperspectral data dimensionality through the retrieval of sub-pixel components directly related to fire severity in the field. Multispectral data provided by Sentinel-2, commonly used in fire severity quantitative assessments, were used as a benchmark method. Multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis (MESMA) was used to retrieve fractional cover of char, photosynthetic vegetation (PV), as well as non-photosynthetic vegetation and soil (NPVS) from post-fire PRISMA Level 2D and Sentinel-2 Level 2A scenes in one of the largest wildfires ever recorded in the western Mediterranean Basin. Ground-truth data were obtained using the Composite Burn Index (CBI) to procure three field-measured severity metrics: vegetation, soil and site. The relationship between the CBI data on a continuum scale and the cover of char, PV and NPVS image fractions retrieved from PRISMA and Sentinel-2 was assessed through Random Forest regression (RFR). Likewise, Ordinal Forests (OF) algorithm was used to classify categorized CBI data (low, moderate and high fire severity). PRISMA-based RFR fire severity estimates at vegetation, soil and site levels (R2 = 0.64–0.79 and RMSE = 0.33–0.41) outperformed those of Sentinel-2 (R2 = 0.27–0.53 and RMSE = 0.54–0.60), and were in line with previous studies using airborne hyperspectral sensors at higher spatial resolution. Fire severity underestimation for high field CBI values was almost unnoticeable in the PRISMA estimates. Categorical fire severity, not currently estimated using hyperspectral data but with high interest in post-fire management, were accurately predicted by PRISMA-based OF classification, with consistent user's and producer's accuracy for each fire severity category. The high confusion between moderate and low/high fire severity categories, typical when unmixing broadband multispectral data, was overcome by the PRISMA-based classification scheme. Our results suggest that new spaceborne spectrometer missions can support reliable fire severity assessments equivalent to airborne spectrometers, but readily applicable to large-scale assessments of extreme wildfire events.
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