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MODIS-Derived Global Fire Products

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Land Remote Sensing and Global Environmental Change

Part of the book series: Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing ((RDIP,volume 11))

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The NASA MODIS global fire data products are digital maps calculated from Terra and Aqua MODIS data, designed primarily to serve the needs of the emissions modeling community. The algorithms were designed to provide a comprehensive global product, and to perform well over the expected range of fire conditions and scene variability. The goal was to maximize product accuracy, and minimize errors of commission and omission. Two products exist, including one, which characterizes actively burning fire locations at satellite overpass time, and two, which depicts the area burned, also called fire-affected areas (URL 1). Since the launch of Terra and Aqua, the user community has expanded to include federal agencies with operational fire monitoring mandates and natural resource managers as well the intended global change researchers.

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Acknowledgments

This paper is dedicated to the memory of Yoram Kaufman, who played an important role in developing the MODIS Fire product and the Fire Radiative Power concept. His collaboration with the MODIS Fire Team is truly missed. The work presented here was funded under NASA Grants NNG04HZ18C (EOS), NNS06AA04A (Applications) and NAG513627 (LBA-ECO Phase II).

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Justice, C.O. et al. (2010). MODIS-Derived Global Fire Products. In: Ramachandran, B., Justice, C., Abrams, M. (eds) Land Remote Sensing and Global Environmental Change. Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing, vol 11. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6749-7_29

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