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NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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NSW Post-fire Biomass Recovery Monitoring by Remote Sensing

Observational monitoring of post-fire biomass recovery at the landscape scale is important to help us understand drivers of recovery processes, identify vulnerable ecosystems and prioritise management interventions to support ecological resilience. Following the extreme bushfire season of 2019–20, there is considerable concern from land managers and researchers regarding the pressure these fires have imparted on ecological resilience at a landscape scale, particularly due to short inter-fire intervals.

Remote sensing scientists from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water’s (hereafter the department’s) Science and Insights Division have developed the NSW Post-fire Biomass Recovery Monitoring system. By mapping post-fire change in a satellite-based spectral reflectance index, the method can be used to monitor the change in the amount and greenness of vegetation cover following fires that have been previously mapped through the NSW fire extent and severity mapping (FESM) system.

NSW post-fire biomass recovery monitoring data is available for 1, 2 and 3 years following the black summer of 2019–20.

Data and Resources

  • Data Quality Statement PDF

    Data quality statement for NSW Post-fire Biomass Recovery Monitoring by...

  • Package download ZIP

    NSW Post-fire Biomass Recovery Monitoring for 1 year following 2019-20

  • Package download ZIP

    NSW Post-fire Biomass Recovery Monitoring for 2 years following 2019-20

  • Package download ZIP

    NSW Post-fire Biomass Recovery Monitoring for 3 years following 2019-20

  • Factsheet PDF

    NSW Post-fire Biomass Recovery Monitoring Factsheet v1

  • Published journal article URL

    The post-fire stability index - a new approach to monitoring post-fire...

Metadata Summary What is metadata?

Field Value
Language English
Alternative Title PfBRM
Edition v1
Purpose Fire management planning
Frequency of change As needed
Keywords HAZARDS-Fire,ECOLOGY-Landscape
Metadata Date 2023-10-04
Date of Asset Creation 2023-10-04
Date of Asset Publication 2023-10-04
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Geospatial Topic Environment
Extent

Dataset extent
Temporal Coverage From 2019-07-01 - 2023-03-31
Datum GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)
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Attribution NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: "© State Government of NSW and NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 2023"
Groups Natural Hazards Science