Assessment of the Occurrence and Spread of Fires Caused by Hostilities in the Ecosystems of Kyiv Polissia based on the Data of Remote Sensing of the Earth
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2024
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Klymenko, K.
Nazarova, Ольга
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Within the boundaries of Kyiv Polissia during the period of warfare from February 24, 2022 to April 2, 2022, 178 locations of possible fire occurrences were identified, and 284 locations of possible fire occurrences were identified in the entire Kyiv region. With the help of the analysis of satellite images, 440 fires with a total area of 64,913 hectares were detected in the Kyiv Polissia during the period of hostilities. As a result of the analysis of spatial data, the following classification of the areas of fires according to land cover was obtained: 17,156 hectares were affected in tree covered areas, 24,794 hectares in shrubs covered areas, 5,995 hectares in grass covered areas, 333 hectares in flooded areas, 11,680 hectares in fields and within the boundaries of urban area in flame were 3,492 hectares. Due to the impossibility of conducting additional field research, LiDAR was used to clarify the data on the areas of crown fires. An increase in the share of crown fires to 9.5% of the total area of fires in the period from March to April 2022 was recorded. Crown fires are believed to cause more damage to forestry.Among all territorial hromadas, the highest percentage of crown forest fires was in the Dmitrivska, Gostomelska and Irpin hromadas, located within the Kyiv agglomeration.
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crown fires, climate change, monitoring and assessment of war consequences, conference materials
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Klymenko, K. Assessment of the Occurrence and Spread of Fires Caused by Hostilities in the Ecosystems of Kyiv Polissia based on the Data of Remote Sensing of the Earth / K. Klymenko, O. Nazarova // International Conference of Young Professionals "GeoTerrace-2024", 7-9 October 2024, Lviv, Ukraine. - [S. l.] : European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, 2024. - Vol. 2024. - P. 1-5. - https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2024510032