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IV - BURNED LAND MAPPING, FIRE SEVERITY DETERMINATION, AND VEGETATION RECOVERY ASSESSMENT
The algorithm was trained using the boreal forest sites, so it could be tuned
to other vegetation types or a general model could be tested for all of them
or even new variables could be added. The total probability thresholds for
burned, potentially burned and unburned pixels could be adjusted to each
year instead of using the value computed for 1989. LTDR 5 km improved the
results over PAL which was proven inaccurate for the boreal regions
(Carmona-Moreno et al., 2005; Chuvieco et al., 2008).
Acknowledgments
This work was supported in part by the Spanish Commission for Science and
Technology (CICYT) under Grant CGL2007-66888-C02-02/CLI. Thank you to
Emilio Chuvieco for providing the burned area record generated from LAC
data. Useful comments on earlier drafts of the manuscript are acknowledged
from Julia Marcia Medina.
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