Vegetation optical depth as a key predictor for fire risk escalation

Excluding direct consideration of vegetation dynamics reduces the accuracy in fire risk estimation. Satellite retrievals of vegetation dynamics can enhance the fire risk prediction when used as indicators of fuel water status and fuel load. However, the fire risk-vegetation relationship carries comp...

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Published in:Ecological Informatics
Main Authors: Dinuka Kankanige, Yi Y. Liu, Ashish Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-05-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1574954125000597