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During the past decade, the number of forest fire incidents and the extent of the damaged area have increased. Satellite imagery can be applied to assess damage from these unpredictable forest fires. Despite the increasing threat, there is a lack of comprehensive analysis and effective strategies for addressing these forest fires, particularly considering the diverse topography of Republic of Korea. Herein, we present an approach for the automated detection of forest fire damage using Sentinel-2 images of 14 areas affected by forest fires in Republic of Korea during 2019\u20132023. The detection performance of deep learning (DL), machine learning, and spectral index methods was analyzed, and the optimal model for detecting forest fire damage was derived. To evaluate the independent performance of the models, two different burned areas exhibiting distinct characteristics were selected as test subjects. To increase the classification accuracy, tests were conducted on various combinations of input channels in DL. The combination of false-color RNG (B4, B8, and B3) images was optimal for detecting forest fire damage. Consequently, among the DL models, the HRNet model achieved excellent results for both test regions with intersection over union scores of 89.40 and 82.49, confirming that the proposed method is applicable for detecting forest fires in diverse Korean landscapes. Thus, suitable mitigation measures can be promptly designed based on the rapid analysis of damaged areas.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs16050884","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,4]],"date-time":"2024-03-04T10:11:57Z","timestamp":1709547117000},"page":"884","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Single-Temporal Sentinel-2 for Analyzing Burned Area Detection Methods: A Study of 14 Cases in Republic of Korea Considering Land Cover"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1371-9519","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Doi","family":"Lee","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Pukyong National University, 45 Yongso-ro, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea"}]},{"given":"Sanghun","family":"Son","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Pukyong National University, 45 Yongso-ro, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea"}]},{"given":"Jaegu","family":"Bae","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Pukyong National University, 45 Yongso-ro, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea"}]},{"given":"Soryeon","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Pukyong National University, 45 Yongso-ro, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9185-8648","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jeongmin","family":"Seo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Pukyong National University, 45 Yongso-ro, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea"}]},{"given":"Dongju","family":"Seo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hyun Kang Engineering Co., Ltd., 365 Sinseon-ro, Busan 48547, Republic of Korea"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5251-6100","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yangwon","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geomatics Engineering, Pukyong National University, 45 Yongso-ro, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea"}]},{"given":"Jinsoo","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geomatics Engineering, Pukyong National University, 45 Yongso-ro, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"5","article-title":"Characteristics of forest fires and their impact on the environment","volume":"15","author":"Kuti","year":"2016","journal-title":"Acad. 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