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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2025, V. 22, No. 5, pp. 178-194

Spatial accuracy analysis of satellite-derived burned area products for the territory of Russia

A.M. Matveev 1 , S.A. Bartalev 1 
1 Space Research Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia
Accepted: 07.08.2025
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2025-22-5-178-194
The paper characterizes the sources of errors impacting the spatial accuracy of SRBA (Surface Reflectance Burnt Area), a national product developed at Space Research Institute RAS, Copernicus CGLS Burned Area 300m 3.1 NTC (CGLS BA 3.1), ESA FireCCI51 and FireCCIS311, NASA MCD64A1 C6 and VNP64A1 C2 global remote sensing burned area products for the territory of Russia. The assessment revealed that unaccounted unburned islands have produced an overestimation of burned area by 10 % in the reference sample used in this study. For the remote sensing products examined, we have observed an increase in area assessment accuracy with the growing size of burn scars, except for the mapping of grassland burns according to MCD64A1 C6, VNP64A1 C2, and SRBA data. In the case of most reviewed products and land cover types, the area of omission or commission more frequently relates to correctly mapped burn scars rather than completely omitted or artificially delineated burns. Depending on the reviewed product, the mixed pixels, which contain both burned and unscorched areas, according to the reference sample data account for 7–10 % of omission and 15–40 % commission errors. Among other products, SRBA and CGLS BA 3.1 demonstrate a higher rate of agreement and commission when compared with the reference sample. A high percentage of both partially and fully omitted burned areas is characteristic of the NASA products. The Pareto Boundary analysis has indicated a high accuracy in mapping forest fires for all the reviewed products, meaning a substantial impact of spatial resolution on the resulting area assessment accuracy. The accuracy of grassland burned area mapping is significantly lower and is less dependent on spatial resolution.
Keywords: remote sensing, burned area, burned area accuracy assessment, validation
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