Analyzing land cover changes Due to Wildfires in the Zagros Forest Using a Support Vector Machine (SVM) and its Impact on land surface Temperature (LST) and Spectral Indices NDWI, NDSI, NDVI, and MIDII (Case Study: Khaiz Mountain Forests, Ghachsaran)

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Assistant Professor of Geomorphology, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran

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Land Surface Temperature (LST) is a critical metric for understanding energy exchange processes influenced by land use and land cover changes. This study aimed to assess the patterns of LST in response to a forest fire on Khaiz Mountain in the Gachsaran region, which covers 68.56 square kilometers. On June 2, 2019, a wildfire ignited and persisted until June 12. During this period, a land use and land cover (LULC) map was produced using a support vector machine (SVM) classification. The study revealed that the forested area, originally spanning 4.61 square kilometers, was reduced to merely 0.42 square kilometers as a result of the fire. Concurrently, the LST index recorded a rise from a range of 26.1 - 53.11 degrees Celsius to 33.2 - 57.23 degrees Celsius, indicating a significant increase of 7 degrees in minimum temperature. Additionally, the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) reflected a loss of 9.65 square kilometers of grasslands and forests. The Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) also exhibited an increase of 0.515. A negative correlation was found between the LST and NDVI, evidenced by coefficients of -0.52 on May 25 and -0.31 on June 10. Conversely, the strongest positive correlation of 0.59 was observed between LST and NDSI. The findings demonstrate that the wildfire obliterated 91% of the forest coverage in the area and expanded the extent of barren land from 63.86 square kilometers to 68.07 square kilometers.

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