On the outstanding need for a long-term, multi-decadal, validated and quality assessed record of global burned area: Caution in the use of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer data

A long-term, multi-decadal, record of global burned area is needed to understand the interplay between human activity and climate change on fire occurrence and behavior. At present, the longest consistent satellite-based record has been provided by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (...

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Main Authors: L. Giglio, D.P. Roy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Science of Remote Sensing
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666017220300067