Latin American GRSS and ISPRS Remote Sensing Conference
10 - 13 November 2025 • Iguazu Falls, Brazil
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OP05: Environment-Ecology: Wildfire Location: Florestan Fernandes I Session Chair: Jimena Albornoz | |
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2:00pm - 2:20pm
Spatiotemporal dynamics of wildfires in the Sierras of Córdoba, Argentina (1986–2024): A remote sensing approach to burned area reconstruction. 1: Instituto de Altos Estudios Espaciales Mario Gulich (CONAE/UNC), Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE); 2: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); 3: Cátedra de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC). This study presents the most comprehensive and consistent reconstruction of wildfire history in the Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina, spanning the period 1986–2024. By integrating multiple satellite data sources (Landsat, Sentinel-2) and applying hybrid classification techniques in Google Earth Engine, a spatially explicit burned area dataset was developed. A total of 11,568 wildfire events were recorded,over the 39-year period studied, accumulating more than 2.6 million hectares (ha). While 83% of the fires were smaller than 100 ha, large fires (>1,000 ha) accounted for nearly 75% of the total burned area. Among these, megafires—defined as events exceeding 10,000 ha—represented only 0.35% of all fires but were responsible for over 43% of the total area burned. Fire activity showed strong seasonality: over 60% of the total burned area occurred between August and October, with September and October being the most critical months. This long-term dataset provides a critical tool for understanding fire regime dynamics, supporting land management, and assessing the ecological and socio-economic impacts of wildfires in the context of climate change and expanding Wildland-Urban interface. | |

