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The Global Burnt Area 2000 initiative: GBA-2000

Mapping, from SPOT-VEGETATION S1 imagery, of the areas burnt globally during the year 2000

Status on March 2002

Grégoire J-M., K. Tansey, I. Marengo and J.M.N. Silva

GLC 2000 – “FIRST RESULTS” WORKSHOPJRC – Ispra, 18-22 March 2002

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a binary map (burnt-unburnt)

monthly non-accumulative global burn scar map, at 1 km resolution

statistics of burnt areas

area burnt in 2000 per country, per month, and

per main types of vegetation cover (UMD & GLC2000)

GBA-2000 Product definition

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GBA-2000 General approach

7 co-investigators CSIRO, CCRS, IFI, CNR, UTL, GVM, NRI

regional algorithms for processing VGT S1 to burnt area maps

integration into a global processing chain (at JRC)

processing of the complete global time series (at JRC)

production of monthly global maps & statistics (at JRC)

GBA2000 products publicly available (IMS at UNEP-GRID)

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GBA-2000

Regional algorithms & Global processing chain

for more information• Kevin Tansey at GVM/JRC kevin.tansey@jrc.it• Grégoire et al., 2002

5 regional algorithms have been selected the moist tropical forest remains a problem

the global processing chain is complete and running

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GBA-2000

Monthly burnt area maps

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Availability of burnt area maps

February April May June

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Statistical information

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Reporting of areas burnt at country level

Analysis of fire seasonality

Statistics for reporting on fire activity at the country level

Areas burnt per type ofvegetation cover

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Statistics for management of protected areas (Mozambique)

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Areas burnt in tropical forest sample sites (TREES)

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Statistics for modelling of emissions of GHG & aerosols

Global grid 1ox1o cells

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Data distribution

Maps of burnt areas and statistical information

made accessible

via an Internet Map Server

implemented in collaboration with UNEP-GRID Geneva

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GBA 2000 Internet Map Server