Jose Maria Fernandez-Alonso

Dr. Jose Maria Fernandez-Alonso


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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30 November 2022 in Remote Sensing
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JFJose Maria Fernandez-Alonso
Jose Maria Fernandez-Alonso
RLRAFAEL LLORENS
RAFAEL LLORENS
Jose A. SobrinoJose A. Sobrino
Jose A. Sobrino
AGAna Daría Ruiz González
Ana Daría Ruiz González
JÁJuan Gabriel Álvarez-González
Juan Gabriel Álvarez-González
CFCristina Fernández
Cristina Fernández
The characterization of aboveground biomass is important in forest management planning, with various objectives ranging from prevention of forest fires to restoration of burned areas, especially in fire-prone regions such as NW Spain. Although remotely sensed data have often been used to assess the recovery of standing aboveground biomass after perturbations, the data have seldom been validated in the field, and different shrub fractions have not been modelled. The main objective of the present study was to assess different vegetation parameters (cover, height, standing AGB and their fractions) in field plots established in five areas affected by wildfires between 2009 and 2016 by using Sentinel-2 spectral indices and LiDAR metrics. For this purpose, 22 sampling plots were established in 2019, and vegetation variables were measured by a combination of non-destructive measurement (cover and height) and destructive sampling (total biomass and fine samples of live and dead fractions of biomass).The structural characterization of gorse shrublands was addressed, and models of shrub cover—height, total biomass, and biomass by fraction and physiological condition—were constructed, with adjusted coefficients of determination ranging from 0.6 to 0.9. The addition of LiDAR data to optical remote sensing images improved the models. Further research should be conducted to calibrate the models in other vegetation communities.