Table 1 General results of validation of MCD64A1 burned area products in boreal Eurasia.

From: Size-dependent validation of MODIS MCD64A1 burned area over six vegetation types in boreal Eurasia: Large underestimation in croplands

id

Biome

Fire polygon count

Burned area (ha)

Fire detection rates

MCD/Ref b

Correction Factor

Reference

MCD64A1

Overlapped

Reference

MCD64A1

Overlapped

Count (%)

Area (%)a

1

Croplands

770

18

3

26,522

3221

86

0.4

0.3

0.12

8.2

2

Croplands

353

10

6

6383

1075

210

1.7

3.3

0.17

5.9

3

Grasslands

666

12

6

149,900

140,808

86,386

0.9

58

0.94

1.1

4

Grasslands

308

24

14

26,052

37,516

11,468

4.5

44

1.44

0.69

5

Mixed forests

978

141

102

199,006

196,761

96,543

10

49

0.99

1.0

6

Mixed forests

533

63

32

80,430

148,311

52,504

6.0

65

1.84

0.54

7

Mixed forests

199

8

4

1428

6303

1227

2.0

86

4.42

0.23

8

Deciduous needleleaf forests

244

8

7

176,961

180,283

134,624

2.9

76

1.02

0.98

9

Deciduous needleleaf forests

1570

37

25

746,934

469,409

378,367

1.6

51

0.63

1.6

10

Deciduous needleleaf forests

354

1

1

3843

1408

1305

0.3

34

0.37

2.7

11

Wetlands

194

100

32

17,876

38,147

9879

17

55

2.13

0.47

12

Shrublands

500

140

70

90,307

95,439

27,051

14

30

1.06

0.95

  1. aArea (%) indicates the burned area detection rate (BADR) of MCD64A1.
  2. bMCD/Ref indicates the ratio between MCD64A1 and reference burned area.