Introduction

See https://rpubs.com/dgolicher/modis for brief explanation.

Running the same code for the Western Cape of South Africa.

Western Cape South Africa

Boxplot

Map

The map shows kernel densities for 2014, 2019 and 2020 plus the protected areas from the world data base of protected areas. Switch the layers on and off using the control to explore in detail. Kernel densities have been used as the number of raw points are large and slow the visualisation. The use of a kernel density may suggest some areas on the margins of the burned area are affected even though they may have actually been unburned. However the overall spatial pattern is maintained. If viewing this file in rpubs open the map in a new window (right click on the map fullscreen icon) in order to allow full screen viewing and exploration.