Analysis of the effect of post-forest-fire vegetation recovery on runoff: case of a Mediterranean basin

Pascal Vine; Christian Puech; Jean-Marc Taupiac

doi:10.1117/12.227182

24 November 1995 Analysis of the effect of post-forest-fire vegetation recovery on runoff: case of a Mediterranean basin

Pascal Vine, Christian Puech, Jean-Marc Taupiac

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Proceedings Volume 2585, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.227182
Event: Satellite Remote Sensing II, 1995, Paris, France

Abstract

In August 1990 some of the subwatersheds of the Real Collobrier research and experimental basin (Var-France) were totally or partially burnt by a forest fire. The concerned catchments provide an interesting case study of the hydrological consequences of a fire. Thus, since 1990, a research program has been developed to better understand the effect of vegetation on runoff genesis during the post-fire years. This program combines yearly vegetation surveys on experimental plots, remote sensing images (SPOT images) and hydrological information. The methodology developed is based on a comparative analysis of post-fire hydrological behaviors of subcatchments, and yearly mapping of post-fire vegetation recovery by using remote sensed data. This paper presents the results obtained after 4 years of observation (1990-1994). The effect of the vegetation destruction and recovery is clearly put in evidence. First attempts to analyze, in terms of process, the post-fire hydrological behaviors of the burnt subcatchments are presented.

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Pascal Vine, Christian Puech, and Jean-Marc Taupiac "Analysis of the effect of post-forest-fire vegetation recovery on runoff: case of a Mediterranean basin", Proc. SPIE 2585, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources, (24 November 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.227182

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