The validation protocol of GBA2000 global burned area maps

Author

Boschetti, Luigi ; Eva, Hugh ; Brivio, Pietro A. ; Gallego, Javier

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

20-24 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

2107

Abstract

This work presents a design-based validation and calibration scheme for the GBA2000 global burned area maps. The objective such an exercise is the assessment of the margins of uncertainty associated with the burned area maps and the estimation of the calibration coefficients for the conversion of the burned pixel counts into real estimates. Due to the large areal extent of the thematic maps to be validated, the reference data is obtained from Landsat 7 ETM+ medium resolution remotely sensed data. A novel sampling scheme has been introduced, specifically designed for the calibration and validation of fire-related data

Keywords

calibration; fires; forestry; geophysical signal processing; image sampling; protocols; vegetation mapping; GBA2000 global burned area maps; Landsat 7 ETM data; burned pixel counts conversion; calibration coefficients; fire-related data; image sampling; medium resolution remotely sensed data; thematic maps; validation protocol; Atmosphere; Calibration; Chemicals; Fires; Global warming; Protocols; Remote sensing; Sampling methods; Satellites; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8742-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370773

Filename

1370773