Where fires burned, gridded at 1 degree (Aqua)
What it measures. Monthly summaries of where fires were detected, counted up and reported on a grid of 1-degree squares across the globe.
How it's made. Built from MODIS active-fire detections on the Aqua satellite, then aggregated from finer fire maps into monthly, 1-degree statistical summaries.
How & where you'd use it. Tracking fire activity over time and across regions, and supporting research on land surface processes and climate modeling.
What's measured
Coverage & cadence
- Time span2002-07-01 → 2015-12-31
- Measured byAqua (MODIS)
- Processing levelLevel 3
- Spatial extent-180, -90, 180, 90
- StatusCOMPLETE
What you can do with it
- Map vegetation, forests and biomass
- Monitor ecosystem productivity and carbon
- Support habitat and biodiversity studies
Official description
The gridded MODIS active fire products present statistical summaries of fire pixel information (Giglio et al., 2003). The global monthly products are generated at 1x1 degree spatial resolution for time period of one calendar month. These products are derived from MODIS CMG 0.5 degree products (Giglio et al., 2006) for Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI) program in supporting researches on surface processes and climate modeling.
Get the data
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc") # free Earthdata Login
results = earthaccess.search_data(
short_name="MYD14CM1",
version="005",
bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9), # your area (W,S,E,N)
temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"), # your dates
)
files = earthaccess.open(results) # stream straight from GES_DISCBrowsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package. Official links
- Access the data via HTTPS. GET DATA
- Use the Earthdata Search to find and retrieve data sets across multiple data centers. GET DATA
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