Remote Sensing of Environment

In Europe, bare soil is typically exposed only during short time windows and optical sensing by satellite constellations, such as Sentinel-2 and Landsat, therefore commonly relies on aggregates of soil reflectance spectra over extended periods of time. Depending on the length of the time series, substantial spectral variability can be observed in the soil spectra. To select appropriate aggregatio…

Live fuel moisture (LFM) is a critical determinant of wildfire behavior, especially in Southern California chaparral, yet spatially continuous and near-real-time estimates remain limited by sparse field measurements, and spatial transferability challenges. In addition, the transition from MODIS to VIIRS requires evaluation of the continuity of long-term satellite-based LFM monitoring. This study …