Victorian Bushfires Severity Map 2009 (RASTER GRID)
dataset:
FIRE_SEV09
The fire severity classification is derived from a classification of a SPOT and Landsat TM woodlands fire severity index to map the fire severity of the February 2009 Victorian bush fires using ground control and air photograph analysis provided by DSE to Ecowise for validation. The classification is the final product derived using SPOT 4/5 satellite imagery with Landsat 5 imagery used on small areas where cloud or where SPOT imagery coverage was unavailable. Five of the eight classes have been labeled based on severity classes provided with the ground survey data. The remaining classes account for vegetation structures with no specific burn severity assigned. The area covered by the classification is approximately 460 by 300 km and is clipped to the extents of the fire effected lands (approximately 400 000 hectares).
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(2022) Victorian Bushfires Severity Map 2009 (RASTER GRID) Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action https://metashare.maps.vic.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/96c22673-18a4-5d1a-bc02-f298f90a3286 |
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Description
- Title
- Victorian Bushfires Severity Map 2009 (RASTER GRID)
- Alternate title
- FIRE_SEV09
- Supplemental Information
- Related Documents: None
- Status
- Completed
Temporal
Spatial
- Horizontal Accuracy
- 25m
- Code
- 4283
Maintenance
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
Format
- Title
- DIGITAL ESRI GRID 2
Contacts
Point of contact
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
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VSDL Data Manager
(VSDL Data Manager)
PO Box 500
East Melbourne
Vic
3002
Australia
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Keywords
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- Environment
Resource Constraints
- Use limitation
- Data is not to be distributed without authorisation from the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE), Victoria
- Classification
- Unclassified
Lineage
- Statement
- Dataset Source: The dataset is a derived product from raw satellite data as acquired by the SPOT 4 and 5 Satellite. The imagery is a product orthorectified by DSE. Calibration of the imagery has been limited to the application of the gain values as supplied with the SPOT images for the post fire scenes while the pre fire scenes were spectrally matched to the post fire scenes through the use of "invarient" targets including water bodies, highly reflective features and unchanged forests. Where multiple post fire images are mosaiced, the central scene or scene of best quality is used as the reference to which all other scenes are matched. A fire severty index was prepared through the digital processing of the pre fire and post fire imagery. The analysis is largely based on a ratio of the SWIR and NIR bands though a Transform Vegetation Index (TVI) ratio was used on Wilsons Promitory. The index for each region was then compared against ground information and split into five classes that can be statistically justified from the six descrete classes supplied by DSE. The Churchill, Dargo, Redesdale and Horsham areas do not have any ground survey points available for verification. The Churchill fire severity classes were extrapolated across from the Kinglake and Bunyip SPOT scenes while all other areas are classified through visual interpretation of the imagery. In wooded areas within Dargo, Redesdale and Horsham, only severity classes one to three have been interpreted with all other wooded areas left as unclassified burnt woodlands. The Redesdale and Horsham areas are dominated by grassland burns with grasslands either within classes seven or eight dependent on their likelyhood of actually being burnt. Dataset Originality: Derived
Metadata Constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Quality
Attribute Quality
- Comments
- The break up into the assigned classes within the classification is based on ground truthing and air photography interpretation information as supplied by DSE. Though a full statistical analysis has not been performed on the accuracy of the classes relative to the ground information, it is anticipated that classes 1 and 2 will contain over 80% of all ground information relevant to those classes, class 3 will include the majority of of class 3 ground sites, while classes 4 and 5 (containing severity classes 4 and 5a, and 5b will require more statistical assessment to further comment.
Positional Accuracy
- Comments
- There are three different data sources that are reliant on spatial position used to derive the product, however, the primary data source (satellite imagery) is an orthorectified product as supplied by DSE Victoria. This product has been found to be accurate to within one hundred metres against all other reference information available. Largest issues are seen in scenes taken at shallow angles and in steep terrain.
Conceptual Consistency
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- Not specified
Missing Data
- Comments
- Complete Completeness Verification: Incomplete
Excess Data
- Comments
- Complete
Acquisition Info
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Point Cloud Data Details
Contour Data Details
Survey Details
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