Measure burnt areas and burn severity

Following the most extensive wildfires in recent years in Cyprus in July 2021, we determined the burnt areas and burn severity using Sentinel-2 satellite data.

This is used to plan rehabilitation and recovery measures and to help in the determination of damages.

Highlights

• Following the devastating Cyprus wildfires of July 2021, information was needed to plan rehabilitation measures and determine the extent of damage.

• A burnt area of 38 square kilometres was determined by satellite image analysis.

• Burn severity was also mapped from the same Sentinel-2 images.