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One of the crucial components in improving the quality of forests is post-fire vegetation regrowth monitoring. This is done by analyzing the time series of satellite data and studying the severity of forest fires to improve the ability to monitor the dynamic changes of the forest. This study investigates the regeneration process of existing vegetation types in different severities of The Rim fire in Sierra Nevada, California, using the time series of vegetation indices obtained from the MODIS sensor. The Vegetation Return Period (VRP) and the Recovery Rate (RR) after the fire were evaluated to monitor the regrowth of vegetation types. According to the results, the VRP values of the species for low, moderate, and high severity were estimated to be between 22 to 33 months, 33 to 47 months, and about 5 years, in this area. The 8-year changes in the time series of vegetation indices confirm that some vegetation types in this region have not fully recovered. In addition, spatio-temporal variations of the burned regions were examined with Landsat images at 2-year post-fire intervals until 2021. The results showed that in three 2-year periods after the fire, 16,074 hectares, 48,722 hectares, and 27,391 hectares of land were, respectively, converted into unburned areas, and until 2019, about 60% of the burned areas were recovered. Researchers and land managers can use the results of such studies to identify areas that need more attention after a fire. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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