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@article{Mangeon:2015:10.1177/2053019615588790,
author = {Mangeon, T and Field, R and Fromm, M and McHugh, C and Voulgarakis, A},
doi = {10.1177/2053019615588790},
journal = {The Anthropocene Review},
pages = {76--92},
title = {Satellite versus ground-based estimates of burned area: a comparison between MODIS based burned area and fire agency reports over North America in 2007},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2053019615588790},
volume = {3},
year = {2015}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - North American wildfire management teams routinely assess burned area on site during firefighting campaigns; meanwhile, satellite observations provide systematic and global burned-area data. Here we compare satellite and ground-based daily burned area for wildfire events for selected large fires across North America in 2007 on daily timescales. In a sample of 26 fires across North America, we found the Global Fire Emissions Database Version 4 (GFED4) estimated about 80% of the burned area logged in ground-based Incident Status Summary (ICS-209) over 8-day analysis windows. Linear regression analysis found a slope between GFED and ICS-209 of 0.67 (with R = 0.96). The agreement between these data sets was found to degrade at short timescales (from R = 0.81 for 4-day to R = 0.55 for 2-day). Furthermore, during large burning days (> 3000 ha) GFED4 typically estimates half of the burned area logged in the ICS-209 estimates.
AU - Mangeon,T
AU - Field,R
AU - Fromm,M
AU - McHugh,C
AU - Voulgarakis,A
DO - 10.1177/2053019615588790
EP - 92
PY - 2015///
SN - 2053-0196
SP - 76
TI - Satellite versus ground-based estimates of burned area: a comparison between MODIS based burned area and fire agency reports over North America in 2007
T2 - The Anthropocene Review
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2053019615588790
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/23383
VL - 3
ER -