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: Received: 25 October 2024 / Approved: 25 October 2024 / Online: 25 October 2024 (11:28:33 CEST)
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Anzooman, M.; McKenna, P.; Ufer, N.; Baumgartl, T.; McIntyre, N.; Shaygan, M. Assessing the Post Fire Recovery of Mined Under Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone (THPSS). Preprints2024, 2024102016. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2016.v1
Anzooman, M.; McKenna, P.; Ufer, N.; Baumgartl, T.; McIntyre, N.; Shaygan, M. Assessing the Post Fire Recovery of Mined Under Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone (THPSS). Preprints 2024, 2024102016. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2016.v1
Anzooman, M.; McKenna, P.; Ufer, N.; Baumgartl, T.; McIntyre, N.; Shaygan, M. Assessing the Post Fire Recovery of Mined Under Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone (THPSS). Preprints2024, 2024102016. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2016.v1
APA Style
Anzooman, M., McKenna, P., Ufer, N., Baumgartl, T., McIntyre, N., & Shaygan, M. (2024). Assessing the Post Fire Recovery of Mined Under Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone (THPSS). Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2016.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Anzooman, M., Neil McIntyre and Mandana Shaygan. 2024 "Assessing the Post Fire Recovery of Mined Under Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone (THPSS)" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2016.v1
Abstract
The Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone (TPHSS), unique to the Sydney Basin of Australia, were burnt during the 2019-2020 wildfire season. This study assessed the post fire recovery of swamps and the ability of remote sensing technique to determine the post-fire recovery patterns. Specifically, the study investigated differences in fire recovery between swamps where groundwater level and soil moisture content have been impacted by underground mining and unimpacted by mining. Two mined and one non-mined under swamps were investigated. Soil moisture measurements were taken at five sites and previously conducted vegetation field surveys (from 2016 to 2022) were used. Using remote sensing information, Normalised Differenced Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Soil Moisture Index (SMI) time-series were calculated and compared with ground data to map responses over the swamps following the fire impact. This study revealed that hydrological conditions of swamps have a direct effect on post-fire recovery of swamps, with slower recovery in mined under swamps compared with non-mined under swamps. This study indicated that NDVI and SMI indices can exhibit the recovery pattern of swamps in terms of vegetation and hydrology. However, the evaluation of recovery pattern of a specific vegetation species requires a frequent field survey.
Keywords
Normalised Differenced Vegetation Index (NDVI); Soil moisture index (SMI); Sydney Basin; Upland swamps; Wildfire
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Soil Science
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