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

Converting Files

Downloading the file you will have to also download winzip:

https://www.winzip.com/en/pages/download/winzip/?lang=en&hd=Download%20Zip%20Opener%20Program%20With%20Ease&x-target=ppc&promo=ppc&gclid=CjwKCAiAp7GcBhA0EiwA9U0mtndQCHoDBslB2Ano7laabRDk7K2uevxb9LbHyebSrkqR614vUW11ZxoCUpIQAvD_BwE

It is an extension because windows does not know how to open Tar files.

Once the application opens - find your tar files in your files and then drag them into the window pane. Once in WINZIP select the unzip tab shown below and then click My PC or Cloud to unzip the files to a specified location on your PC.