NBR Fire

Normalized Burn Ratio

Normalized Burn Ratio
Quick Info
Satellite Sentinel-2
Category Fire
Min Value -1.0
Max Value 1.0
Colormap RdYlBu_r
Bands Used
nir swir22
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Satellite Details

Name

Sentinel-2

Short Name

S2

Operator

ESA

Spatial Resolution

10m - 60m

Description

NBR identifies burned areas and assesses fire severity using NIR and SWIR bands. Healthy vegetation shows high NBR values while burned areas show low or negative values. The difference between pre- and post-fire NBR (dNBR) is used to map burn severity for post-fire recovery planning.