A method of mapping forest fuel types in peat swamp forest
In response to growing concerns over the burning of peat swamp forests, researchers have begun developing methods of mapping forest fire. Forest fire is one of the major causes of deforestation of tropical peat swamps in Malaysia. A way of identifying which peat swamp forest is vulnerable to forest...
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| description | In response to growing concerns over the burning of peat swamp forests, researchers have begun developing methods of mapping forest fire. Forest fire is one of the major causes of deforestation of tropical peat swamps in Malaysia. A way of identifying which peat swamp forest is vulnerable to forest fire is to develop a fuel type map to classify forest fire into different risk levels. In this study, remote sensing and geographical information system (GIS) techniques were integrated. Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) image dated April 3rd, 1999, which corresponded to fire incident in this study area was used. The objective of this paper is to map fuel types in peat swamp forests. Results show that greenness and wetness components of Tasselled cap, used in classification, accurately captured greener and wetter area by combining supervised image and Tasselled cap image. The overall kappa statistics was 0.94 for combined supervised and Tasselled Cap classification. High values of kappa statistics for certain vegetation classes were due to the availability of representative pixels in the classes. |
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| spelling | upm-242642017-11-08T08:18:27Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24264/ A method of mapping forest fuel types in peat swamp forest Mohd Razali, Sheriza Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin In response to growing concerns over the burning of peat swamp forests, researchers have begun developing methods of mapping forest fire. Forest fire is one of the major causes of deforestation of tropical peat swamps in Malaysia. A way of identifying which peat swamp forest is vulnerable to forest fire is to develop a fuel type map to classify forest fire into different risk levels. In this study, remote sensing and geographical information system (GIS) techniques were integrated. Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) image dated April 3rd, 1999, which corresponded to fire incident in this study area was used. The objective of this paper is to map fuel types in peat swamp forests. Results show that greenness and wetness components of Tasselled cap, used in classification, accurately captured greener and wetter area by combining supervised image and Tasselled cap image. The overall kappa statistics was 0.94 for combined supervised and Tasselled Cap classification. High values of kappa statistics for certain vegetation classes were due to the availability of representative pixels in the classes. Academic Journals 2012-03-26 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24264/1/24264.pdf Mohd Razali, Sheriza and Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin (2012) A method of mapping forest fuel types in peat swamp forest. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 7 (12). art. no. 82345F440291. pp. 1901-1909. ISSN 1991-637X http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJAR/article-abstract/82345F440291 10.5897/AJAR11.1456 |
| spellingShingle | Mohd Razali, Sheriza Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin A method of mapping forest fuel types in peat swamp forest |
| title | A method of mapping forest fuel types in peat swamp forest |
| title_full | A method of mapping forest fuel types in peat swamp forest |
| title_fullStr | A method of mapping forest fuel types in peat swamp forest |
| title_full_unstemmed | A method of mapping forest fuel types in peat swamp forest |
| title_short | A method of mapping forest fuel types in peat swamp forest |
| title_sort | method of mapping forest fuel types in peat swamp forest |
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