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Table 4 User’s and producer’s accuracies for initial assessments and extended assessments for all plots and for plots that were <30 m and ≥30 m from the edge of the severity category polygon in basal area (BA) classifications.

From: Calibration and Validation of Immediate Post-Fire Satellite-Derived Data to Three Severity Metrics

   

Initial assessment

Extended assessment

   

<30 m

≥30 m

All plots

<30 m

≥30 m

All plots

  

Category

User’s (%)

Producer’s (%)

User’s (%)

Producer’s (%)

User’s (%)

Producer’s (%)

User’s (%)

Producer’s (%)

User’s (%)

Producer’s (%)

User’s (%)

Producer’s (%)

Classification

Composite burn index (CBI)

≥0 <0.1

    

36.4

44.4

    

27.3

66.7

≥0.1 <1.25

    

51.6

66.3

    

55.6

56.1

≥1.25 <2.25

    

58.9

50.0

    

58.3

55.3

≥2.25

    

78.4

74.5

    

79.3

75.9

Canopy cover (CC)

0 %

    

28.9

38.9

    

40.2

48.6

>0 % <25 %

    

33.7

40.9

    

39.0

43.8

≥25 % <50 %

    

22.0

13.3

    

23.9

16.3

≥50 % <75 %

    

22.2

17.9

    

18.8

19.4

≥75 %

    

83.3

82.7

    

77.0

76.2

Basal area (BA4)

0 %

28.0

27.5

22.2

40.0

26.0

30.3

23.7

23.1

73.3

81.5

45.6

47.0

>0 % <25 %

41.3

49.1

37.2

40.0

40.2

46.6

45.0

43.5

54.3

61.3

47.3

47.3

≥25 % <75 %

46.0

40.0

50.0

21.4

46.6

35.0

36.4

36.1

34.6

23.7

36.1

33.1

Basal area (BA7)

≥75 %

60.3

56.9

92.1

96.4

84.1

85.7

50.0

53.7

89.9

92.3

77.2

80.4

0 %

28.0

25.0

22.2

60.0

26.0

30.3

23.7

21.4

73.3

91.7

45.6

47.0

>0 % <10 %

16.3

24.1

45.5

22.7

19.8

23.7

33.3

34.4

46.2

50.0

35.4

36.8

≥10 % <25 %

24.7

30.2

0.0

0.0

24.4

27.1

17.9

18.5

N/Aa

0.0

17.9

17.1

≥25 % <50 %

21.3

17.3

25.0

10.0

21.5

16.5

20.8

20.0

N/Aa

0.0

20.8

18.8

≥50 % <75 %

26.9

20.9

100.0

20.0

28.3

20.8

19.0

18.2

0.0

0.0

17.9

16.7

≥75 % <90 %

8.7

17.4

N/Aa

0.0

8.7

15.4

11.1

23.8

N/Aa

0.0

11.1

19.2

≥90 %

67.9

44.4

92.4

100.0

86.6

81.2

48.6

38.6

90.7

96.7

77.9

75.3

  1. a Not calculated due to zero plots within the category.