Theoretical uncertainties for global satellite-derived burned area estimates

Brennan, James; Gómez-Dans, Jose L.; Disney, Mathias; Lewis, Philip

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3147-2019

Articles | Volume 16, issue 16

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3147-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3147-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 16

Research article

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23 Aug 2019

Research article |

| 23 Aug 2019

Theoretical uncertainties for global satellite-derived burned area estimates

James Brennan, Jose L. Gómez-Dans, Mathias Disney, and Philip Lewis

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RC1: 'Review of Brennan et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 May 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to RC1', James Brennan, 08 Jul 2019
RC2: 'Review of Brennan et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 May 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to RC2', James Brennan, 09 Jul 2019

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (11 Jul 2019) by Alexey V. Eliseev

AR by James Brennan on behalf of the Authors (18 Jul 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 Jul 2019) by Alexey V. Eliseev

AR by James Brennan on behalf of the Authors (29 Jul 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

We estimate the uncertainties associated with three global satellite-derived burned area estimates. The method provides unique uncertainties for the three estimates at the global scale for 2001–2013. We find uncertainties of 4 %–5.5 % in global burned area and uncertainties of 8 %–10 % in the frequently burning regions of Africa and Australia.