authority: folia
slug: bare-ground
name: Bare Ground / Cleared Land
domain: land
subdomain: land-cover
authority_id: folia:bare-ground
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: null
  cf_standard_name: null
description: |
  Surfaces with little or no vegetation cover: natural bare ground (desert,
  exposed rock, badlands), recently cleared agricultural land (post-harvest,
  cleared orchard, drained wetland), brownfield, construction sites. Captured
  spectrally by low vegetation indices (NDVI < ~0.2) combined with high
  bare-soil indices (BI / DBSI > 0).
theme: soil
match_tags: [bare, cleared, fallow, exposed, brownfield]
status: documented