Abstract
Live fuel moisture content (LFMC) is a key variable in fire danger assessment. Recent studies have developed reasonably accurate models to determine LFMC in Mediterranean ecosystems by the inversion of radiative transfer models within ecologically based parameters. However, areas with temperate climate have received less attention. The objective of this study was to estimate LFMC for temperate grassland and shrubland located in the Eurosiberian region of Spain. To achieve this, we first assessed the adequacy of already published Mediterranean models to the Eurosiberian region. Secondly, we recalibrated the Mediterranean models to better resample temperate ecosystems by using ecological data collected in field. Finally, we proposed an alternative inversion procedure based on the look up table (LUT) technique. Reflectance from the first seven bands of MODIS and the NDII6 vegetation index were used to achieve this
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Earthzine |
| Place of Publication | online |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |