GeoAI for Burn Area Analysis and Fire Risk Mapping in the Pantanal Wetlands
November 19, 2025 12:00 pm (Central Time)
Recorded VCO
Abstract
This project focused on understanding and predicting wildfire risk in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands, which in 2024 experienced the most intense early-season fires on record. As part of the Summer School 2025 activities, we worked on two key questions: (1) How do land use changes and environmental extremes (e.g., drought, wind, temperature) influence the spatial extent of burn areas? (2) Can spatiotemporal data integration and GeoAI methods improve early-stage wildfire risk mapping? In this session we'll share our process and results.
Speakers
Bikas Chandra Gupta
University of Texas at Arlington
Daniel Dominguez
Colorado State University
Esmaeel Adrah
Kent State University
Fatemeh Kordi
Clark University
Jiyeon Kim
University at Buffalo