Demonstrating tools in SAGA GIS to analyze Burned areas from Forest Fires

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Introduction

In recent years forest fires have increased globally at a rapid rate destroying many hectares of vegetation, ecosystems and landscapes (Parajuli, 2019). Being able to analyse forest fires in multiple open source applications like SAGA GIS will benefit anyone looking to study the results of forest fires.

Downloading Saga

This tutorial uses the newest version of SAGA GIS, Version 8.4.1 64bit which can be downloaded here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/saga-gis/files/latest/download

Downloading Imagery from USGS

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USGS date range.png

USGS cloud cover.png

USGS Imagery selection after fire.png

USGS Imagery selection before fire.png

USGS download imagery button.png

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Converting Files