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Data description paper
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Data description paper |
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Development of a standard database of reference sites for validating global burned area products
Environmental Remote Sensing Research Group, Department of Geology,
Geography and the Environment, Universidad de Alcalá, Calle Colegios 2,
Alcalá de Henares, 28801, Spain
Melanie K. Vanderhoof
Geosciences and Environmental Change Science
Center, U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, DFC, MS980, Denver, CO 80225, United States
Dimitris Stavrakoudis
Laboratory of Forest Management and Remote Sensing, School of Forestry
and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O. Box 248,
54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Ioannis Z. Gitas
Laboratory of Forest Management and Remote Sensing, School of Forestry
and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O. Box 248,
54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Ekhi Roteta
Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering and Materials
Science, School of Engineering of Vitoria-Gasteiz, University of the Basque
Country UPV/EHU, Nieves Cano 12, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 01006, Spain
Marc Padilla
Centre for Landscape and Climate Research, Department of Geography,
University of Leicester, Leicester LEI 17RH, United Kingdom
Space Division, Starlab Barcelona, Avda. Tibidabo 47 bis,
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
Emilio Chuvieco
Environmental Remote Sensing Research Group, Department of Geology,
Geography and the Environment, Universidad de Alcalá, Calle Colegios 2,
Alcalá de Henares, 28801, Spain
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The article presents a database of reference sites for the validation of burned area products. We have compiled 2661 reference files from different international projects. The paper describes the methods used to generate and standardize the data. The Burned Area Reference Data (BARD) is publicly available and will facilitate the arduous task of validating burned area algorithms.
The article presents a database of reference sites for the validation of burned area products....
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