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CYBERPARK PROJECT: MULTITEMPORAL SATELLITE DATA SET FOR<br />

PRE-OPERATIONAL FIRE SUSCEPTIBILITY MONITORING AND POST-FIRE<br />

RECOVERY ESTIMATION<br />

Abstract: This paper describes a system for the m<strong>on</strong>itoring of natural protected<br />

areas in the Foggia Province (Apulia Regi<strong>on</strong> South of Italy) which was<br />

developed in the framework of the Cyberpark 2000 project (2007-2008). The<br />

project was funded by the UE Regi<strong>on</strong>al Operating Program of the Apulia<br />

Regi<strong>on</strong> (2000-2006). The system fulfills three main aims: it acts as a preventive<br />

tool by m<strong>on</strong>itoring fire susceptibility, it backs up the forest fire<br />

detecti<strong>on</strong> using and integrated approach, and it assists in planning the recuperati<strong>on</strong><br />

of the burned areas and m<strong>on</strong>itoring post-fire vegetati<strong>on</strong> recovery.<br />

1 - Introducti<strong>on</strong><br />

A. Lanorte 1 , F. De Santis 1 , R. Coluzzi 1 , T. M<strong>on</strong>tesano 1<br />

M. M<strong>on</strong>tele<strong>on</strong>e 2 , R. Lasap<strong>on</strong>ara 1<br />

1 CNR-IMAA, Tito Scalo (PZ), Italy<br />

a.lanorte@imaa.cnr.it<br />

2 Università di Foggia, Facoltà di Agraria, Italy<br />

This paper presents the knowledge-based system we developed in the c<strong>on</strong>text<br />

of Cyberpark 2000 project funded by the UE Regi<strong>on</strong>al Operating<br />

Program of the Apulia Regi<strong>on</strong> (2000-2006).The project aim was to support<br />

decisi<strong>on</strong> making for the management and m<strong>on</strong>itoring of the natural protected<br />

areas located in the Foggia Province (Apulia Regi<strong>on</strong>). The system<br />

includes four different modules, from A to D. In this paper we will focus <strong>on</strong><br />

modules A and D.<br />

A satellite time series of high spatial resoluti<strong>on</strong> data for supporting the<br />

analysis of fire static danger factors through land use mapping and<br />

spectral/quantitative characterizati<strong>on</strong> of vegetati<strong>on</strong> fuels;<br />

B satellite time series of MODIS for supporting fire dynamic risk evaluati<strong>on</strong><br />

of study area – Integrated fire detecti<strong>on</strong> by using thermal imaging<br />

cameras placed <strong>on</strong> panoramic view-points;<br />

C integrated high spatial and high temporal satellite time series for supporting<br />

studies in change detecti<strong>on</strong> factors or anomalies in vegetati<strong>on</strong><br />

covers;<br />

D satellite time-series for m<strong>on</strong>itoring: (i) post fire vegetati<strong>on</strong> recovery<br />

and (ii) spatio/temporal vegetati<strong>on</strong> dynamics in unburned and burned<br />

vegetati<strong>on</strong> covers.<br />

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