In the summer of 2015, wildfires raged through Glacier National Park in Montana. Following the fires, there was an effort to measure the burn scars to create a baseline for forest regeneration and vegetation succession. Using Landsat 8 imagery from before and after the fire, you'll calculate the damage using a Normalized Burn Index, then publish the data as a feature class to share with others.
Compare band combinations | Look at the imagery using different bands to make a qualitative assessment. | 45 minutes |
Calculate the burn index | Quantitatively compare specific bands and create a burn scar feature from the results. | 1 hour 15 minutes |
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