Recent wildfire outbreaks around the world have prompted concern that climate change is
increasing fire incidence, threatening human livelihood and biodiversity, and perpetuating …

Global changes in climate and land use are threatening natural ecosystems, biodiversity,
and the ecosystem services people rely on. This is why it is necessary to track and monitor …

Wildland fires dramatically affect forest ecosystems, altering the loss of their biodiversity and
their sustainability. In addition, they have a strong impact on the global carbon balance and …

Wildfire plays an important role in ecosystem dynamics, land management, and global
processes. Understanding the dynamics associated with wildfire, such as risks, spatial …

The free-availability of global coverage Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 data provides the
opportunity for systematic generation of medium spatial resolution land products. This paper …

Shifting cultivation is an agricultural practice in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily,
then abandoned, and vegetation is allowed to regenerate during fallow periods. Shifting …

Fire is a significant agent of landscape transformation on Earth, and a dynamic and
ephemeral process that is challenging to map. Difficulties include the seasonality of native …

Unique among Earth observation programs, the Landsat program has provided continuous
earth observation data for the past 41 years. Landsat data are systematically collected and …

Several recent papers have suggested replacing the terminology of fire intensity and fire
severity. Part of the problem with fire intensity is that it is sometimes used incorrectly to …

Reliable fire severity map** is a vital resource for fire scientists and land management
agencies globally. Satellite derived pre-and post-fire differenced severity indices (∆ FSI) …