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NDMI over a wildland urban interface in central Chile generated from Landsat 8 OLI median-reduced data from March 1, 2018 through February 28, 2022. Orange areas represent vegetated shrublands and forests with low moisture content and green areas representing vegetated agricultural areas with high moisture content. The NDMI was used as a proxy for wildfire fuel moisture in a wildfire risk assessment.

Utilizing NASA and NOAA Earth Observations to Determine Lightning-induced Wildfire Risks in Central Chile

Topic
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Wildfires
Capacity Building
Chile Wildfires (Summer 2022) Team: Chris Matechik (Project Lead), Reuben Alter, Jennifer Ruiz, Stephen Sene Summary: In recent years, Central Chile has experienced wildfires of...

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