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We compared seasonal and interannual characteristics of in-situ live fuel moisture with satellite vegetation indices that were averaged over different radial extents around each live fuel moisture observation site. The highest correlations are found using the Aqua Enhanced Vegetation Index for a radius of 10 km, independently verifying the validity of in-situ live fuel moisture measurements over a large extent around each in-situ site. With this optimally averaged Enhanced Vegetation Index, we developed an empirical model function of live fuel moisture. Trends in the wet-to-dry phase of vegetation are well captured by the empirical model function on interannual time-scales, indicating a promising method to monitor fire danger levels by combining satellite, in-situ, and model results during the transition before active fire seasons. An example map of Enhanced Vegetation Index-derived live fuel moisture for the Colby Fire shows a complex spatial pattern of significant live fuel moisture reduction along an extensive wildland-urban interface, and illustrates a key advantage in using satellites across the large extent of wildland areas in Southern California.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs10010087","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,11]],"date-time":"2018-01-11T13:36:15Z","timestamp":1515677775000},"page":"87","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":38,"title":["Estimating Live Fuel Moisture from MODIS Satellite Data for Wildfire Danger Assessment in Southern California USA"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Boksoon","family":"Myoung","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"APEC Climate Center, 12 Centum 7-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan 48058, Korea"}]},{"given":"Seung","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center of Excellence in Earth Systems Modeling and Observations, Chapman University, Orange, CA 92866, USA"}]},{"given":"Son","family":"Nghiem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA"}]},{"given":"Shenyue","family":"Jia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center of Excellence in Earth Systems Modeling and Observations, Chapman University, Orange, CA 92866, USA"}]},{"given":"Kristen","family":"Whitney","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center of Excellence in Earth Systems Modeling and Observations, Chapman University, Orange, CA 92866, USA"}]},{"given":"Menas","family":"Kafatos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center of Excellence in Earth Systems Modeling and Observations, Chapman University, Orange, CA 92866, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1388","DOI":"10.1890\/06-1128.1","article-title":"Human Influence on California Fire Regimes","volume":"17","author":"Syphard","year":"2017","journal-title":"Ecol. 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