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ArticleScientific reports2026

Bringing cross-validation into the real world to evaluate transferability of satellite-based vegetation models.

Sean P Kearney, David J Augustine, Lauren M Porensky, Erika S Peirce, Mikael P Hiestand, Justin D Derner

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Article in Scientific reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Sean P KearneyThunder Basin Grasslands Prairie Ecosystem Association, Wyoming, USA. sean.kearney@tbgpea.org.
David J AugustineRangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area, Wyoming, USA.
Lauren M PorenskyRangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area, Wyoming, USA.
Erika S PeirceThunder Basin Grasslands Prairie Ecosystem Association, Wyoming, USA.
Mikael P HiestandRangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area, Wyoming, USA.
Justin D DernerRangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area, Wyoming, USA.

Funding

Agricultural Research Service 3012-21500-001-000D
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Near-real-time mapping of vegetation using satellite imagery is becoming increasingly common and valuable across a wide range of ecosystems. The availability of large datasets has led many researchers to complex machine learning algorithms (MLAs) to train satellite models. However, complex MLAs may underperform for the inherently extrapolative applications required for real-world vegetation monitoring. We used a dataset of nearly 10,000 training samples of standing herbaceous grazingland biomass collected over ten years to train progressively more complex MLAs, test them across progressively more extrapolative cross-validation (CV) groupings, and evaluate their transferability and consistency. The performance of all MLA's decreased substantially when tested against more extrapolative CV groupings. The commonly used approach of random k-fold CV produced overly optimistic performance (R

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EcosystemMachine LearningPlantsSatellite ImageryDatasets as TopicValidation Studies as TopicBiomassGrasslandsMachine learningRangelandsSatellite remote sensing

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PMID41699062
PMCPMC13003116

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