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BAER Soil Burn Severity Classification (Map Service)

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posted on 2024-10-31, 02:39 authored by U.S. Forest Service
This soil burn severity dataset is a compilation of all USFS BAER assessment data produced by the U.S. Forest Service in 2018. Each soil burn severity dataset was derived from satellite imagery, primarily Landsat 8 and Sentinel 2, and field validated by a Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team. It is based upon an initial Burned Area Reflectance Classification (BARC). The BARC is created by analyzing pre-fire and post-fire satellite scenes and then calculating a differenced Normalized Burn Ratio (dNBR) image. The dNBR image attempts to portray the variation of burn severity within a fire and captures the combined effects of the fire to vegetation and soil components of the ecosytem. The preliminary BARC dataset was assessed by a Forest Service BAER team and modified, if necessary, based on field conditions.

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USDA-FS

History

Data contact name

USFSEnterpriseContent

Data contact email

SM.FS.data@usda.gov

Publisher

U.S. Forest Service

Theme

  • Geospatial

Geographic location - description

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ISO Topic Category

  • environment

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

Forestry, Wildland Management

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:96 - Forest Service

OMB Program Code

  • 005:059 - Management Activities

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  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public

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