Mapping burned areas from landsat-8 imageries on mountainous region using reflectance changes

Remote Sensing Application Center, Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: suwarsono@lapan.go.id

Abstract

This research tried to detect a burned area that occurred in the mountainous region of Java Island. During this time, forest and land fires mostly occur in lowland areas in Sumatra and Kalimantan. However, it is possible that this phenomenon also occurs in mountainous regions, especially the mountainous regions of Java Island. The data used were Landsat-8, the latest generation of the Landsat series. The research location was on the Northeast slope of Mt. Ijen in East Java. The research methods include radiometric correction, data fusion, sample training retrieval, reflectance pattern analysis, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR) extraction, separability analysis, parameter selection for burned area detection, parameter test, and evaluation. The results show that ρ5 and NBRL parameter shows the highest values of D-values (most sensitive), to detect the burned area. Then, compared to ρ5, NDVI and NBRS, Normalized Burn Ratio long (NBRL) provide better results in detecting burned areas.