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Record Search Query: Science Keywords>HUMAN DIMENSIONS>ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS>FOSSIL FUEL BURNING
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 ... View entire text
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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
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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
ISO Topic Category
Platform
DMSP > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Ancillary Description
ERS-1 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-1 Ancillary Description
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Instrument
ATSR > Along Track Scanning Radiometer and Microwave Sounder Ancillary Description
AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Ancillary Description
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Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Originating Center
NASA/GSFC
Data Center
Earth Observatory, Earth Observing System, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Supplemental Info
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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