Environmental Aftermath of the 2019 Stromboli Eruption

This study focuses on the July-August 2019 eruption-induced wildfires at the Stromboli island (Italy). The analysis of land cover (LC) and land use (LU) changes has been crucial to describe the environmental impacts concerning endemic vegetation loss, damages to agricultural heritage, and transforma...

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Published in:Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2020-03, Vol.12 (6), p.994
Main Authors: Turchi, Agnese, Di Traglia, Federico, Luti, Tania, Olori, Davide, Zetti, Iacopo, Fanti, Riccardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
aeolian archipelago
Agricultural management
Correlation analysis
Damage detection
Endemic species
Environmental impact
Eruptions
Explosions
Fire damage
Fruit trees
Geomorphology
High-altitude environments
Image detection
Impact damage
Land cover
Land management
Land use
Land use management
Landscape
Lava
Mapping
optical remote sensing
pléiades
Polls & surveys
regional planning
Remote sensing
Satellite imagery
Satellites
sentinel-2
Standard deviation
stromboli
Terraces
Vegetation
volcano remote sensing
wildfire severity
Wildfires
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Summary:This study focuses on the July-August 2019 eruption-induced wildfires at the Stromboli island (Italy). The analysis of land cover (LC) and land use (LU) changes has been crucial to describe the environmental impacts concerning endemic vegetation loss, damages to agricultural heritage, and transformations to landscape patterns. Moreover, a survey was useful to collect eyewitness accounts aimed to define the LU and to obtain detailed information about eruption-induced damages. Detection of burnt areas was based on PLÉIADES-1 and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, and field surveys. Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR) and Relativized Burn Ratio (RBR) allowed mapping areas impacted by fires. LC and LU classification involved the detection of new classes, following the environmental units of landscape, being the result of the intersection between CORINE Land Cover project (CLC) and local landscape patterns. The results of multi-temporal comparison show that fire-damaged areas amount to 39% of the total area of the island, mainly affecting agricultural and semi-natural vegetated areas, being composed by endemic Aeolian species and abandoned olive trees that were cultivated by exploiting terraces up to high altitudes. LC and LU analysis has shown the strong correlation between land use management, wildfire severity, and eruption-induced damages on the island.
ISSN:2072-4292
2072-4292
DOI:10.3390/rs12060994