Combining Ascending and Descending Sentinel-1 modes for Enhancing burned area mapping with Normalized Radar Burn Ratio, Presented at Living Planet Symposium 2025. To cite this article go to https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15766613

To download and cite this article go to https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15766613 This study evaluates the Normalized Radar Burn Ratio (NRBR) for burned area mapping using Sentinel-1 SAR data, comparing ascending, descending, and combined acquisition modes. Results show that integrating both orbits significantly improves accuracy (0.921), recall (0.858), and reduces omission errors (14.2%), making NRBR a reliable tool for wildfire monitoring.