Burned Forest Land Cover Classification for CO2 Emissions Calculation
Donle, Anton (2026)
2026
Master's Programme in Sustainable Societies and Digitalisation
Informaatioteknologian ja viestinnän tiedekunta - Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
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2026-06-22
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202606147372
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202606147372
Tiivistelmä
Forest ecosystems are increasingly threatened by climate change and human activity.
Portugal is a country that has suffered from especially severe and frequent fires in recent years. This research develops a novel method to assess the damage that a forest fire caused, by making a more precise estimation of the forest land cover, and the carbon emissions produced by the fire. The research consists of three main steps. Based on remote sensing the burned area after a fire is detected. A forest land cover map is generated by combining satellite images with the Portuguese forest inventory, indicating the dominant tree species with a resolution of 10 meters. Lastly, the pre-fire biomass in the forest, and the carbon emissions caused by the fire are calculated on the basis of the forest composition. The research is carried out on the largest fire of 2024 in Portugal, located in the parish of Reriz e Gafanhao. The satellite images from the Sentinel-2 mission are used.
Portugal is a country that has suffered from especially severe and frequent fires in recent years. This research develops a novel method to assess the damage that a forest fire caused, by making a more precise estimation of the forest land cover, and the carbon emissions produced by the fire. The research consists of three main steps. Based on remote sensing the burned area after a fire is detected. A forest land cover map is generated by combining satellite images with the Portuguese forest inventory, indicating the dominant tree species with a resolution of 10 meters. Lastly, the pre-fire biomass in the forest, and the carbon emissions caused by the fire are calculated on the basis of the forest composition. The research is carried out on the largest fire of 2024 in Portugal, located in the parish of Reriz e Gafanhao. The satellite images from the Sentinel-2 mission are used.