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Global Fire Monitoring Imagery from NASA and NOAA at the NASA Earth Observatory

Entry ID: NASA_GLOBAL_FIRE

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Summary

Abstract: The global fire monitoring web site at, recently moved to NASA's Earth
Observatory http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/GlobalFire/,
provides recent satellite imagery and analysis of data about
terrestrial fires and demonstration of future global fire monitoring
capabilities. Imagery from several satellite systems including NOAA,
DMSP, SeaWiFS, ERS, JERS, Landsat, SPOT and TRMM demonstrate ...

Related URL

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Description: 1 km NOAA POES/AVHRR Global Fire Imagery

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Description: 4 km TRMM/VIRS Global Fire Imagery

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Terra (EOS-AM1) Data Visualization Team/UVA Global Environmental Change Program

Dataset Title: Global Fire Monitoring

Dataset Release Date: June 1998

Dataset Release Place: Greenbelt, MD

Dataset Publisher: Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Online Resource: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/GlobalFire/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1998-06-01

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 4 km
Longitude Resolution: 4 km
Horizontal Resolution Range: 1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree
Temporal Resolution: monthly
Temporal Resolution Range: Monthly Climatology

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > FOSSIL FUEL BURNING

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > NATURAL HAZARDS > WILDFIRES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

ENVIRONMENT

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

DMSP > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

ERS-1 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-1

Instrument

ATSR > Along Track Scanning Radiometer and Microwave Sounder

AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

Ancillary Keywords

BIOMASS BURNING

FIRE EMISSIONS

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

NASA/GSFC

Data Center

Earth Observatory, Earth Observing System, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: LORRAINE REMER Email: lorraine.a.remer at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Mailstop 613.2 City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: online WWW

Fees: None

Personnel

GENE R. MAJOR

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Email: gsfc-gcmduso at mail.nasa.gov

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-05-15

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