Hybrid inversion of radiative transfer models based on high spatial resolution satellite reflectance data improves fractional vegetation cover retrieval in heterogeneous ecological systems after fire

This study was financially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), in the framework of the GESFIRE (AGL2013-48189-C2-1-R) and FIRESEVES (AGL2017-86075-C2-1-R) projects; and by the Regional Government of Castilla and León in the framework of the FIRECYL (LE033U14), SEFIRECYL (LE001P17) and WUIFIRECYL (LE005P20) projects. J. M. Fernández Guisuraga is supported by a predoctoral fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Education (FPU16/03070). J. Verrelst is supported by the European Research Council (ERC) under the ERC-2017-STG SENTIFLEX project (755617).