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sentinel-3-sl-2-frp-ntc·dataset

Active fire detection and intensity, refined (Copernicus)

Sentinel-3 SLSTR Fire Radiative Power (NTC)
biosphere ESA ESA Copernicus active
In plain English

What it measures. The carefully processed record of active fires detected over land and ocean and the heat energy they release.

How it's made. Made by ESA Copernicus from the Sentinel-3 Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer as non-time-critical Level-2 fire products.

How & where you'd use it. Supports research on fire patterns, burned-area trends, and emissions over longer time periods.

What's measured

1000mCopernicusECESAEUFireP1MSLSTRSL_2_FRP____SatelliteSentinelSentinel-3Temperature

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2020-08-08 → ongoing
  • Spatial extent-180, -90, 180, 90

What you can do with it

  • Map vegetation, forests and biomass
  • Monitor ecosystem productivity and carbon
  • Support habitat and biodiversity studies
Official description

This Collection provides Sentinel-3 SLSTR Level-2 Fire Radiative Power (FRP) products containing data on fires detected over land and ocean.

Get the data

copernicus_access.py
# ESA Copernicus Data Space — open STAC API (free account)
from pystac_client import Client

cat = Client.open("https://stac.dataspace.copernicus.eu/v1")
search = cat.search(
    collections=["sentinel-3-sl-2-frp-ntc"],   # add _cog or _nc for a format variant
    bbox=(-10, 35, 30, 60),             # your area (W,S,E,N)
    datetime="2024-01-01/2024-12-31",
)
items = list(search.items())            # then read assets with rioxarray / xarray
Browsing the Copernicus STAC is open; downloading bytes needs a free Copernicus Data Space account.