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Wildfire Burn Severity Across Alaska and Canada

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The differenced Normalized Burned Ratio (dNBR) for a burn scar from fires in 2015 within ABoVE grid tile Bh05Bv03. A higher dNBR indicates a higher fire severity.

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New data from NASA's ABoVE campaign provides a high-resolution record of differenced Normalized Burned Ratio (dNBR) for fires from 1985-2015.