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This dataset provides global estimates of monthly burned area, monthly emissions and fractional contributions of different fire types, daily or 3-hourly fields to scale the monthly emissions to higher temporal resolutions, and data for monthly biosphere fluxes. The data are at 0.25-degree latitude by 0.25-degree longitude spatial resolution and are available from June 1995 through 2016, depending on the dataset. Emissions data are available for carbon (C), dry matter (DM), carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), methane (CH4), hydrogen (H2), nitrous oxide (N2O), nitrogen oxides (NOx), non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC), organic carbon (OC), black carbon (BC), particulate matter less than 2.5 microns (PM2.5), total particulate matter (TPM), and sulfur dioxide (SO2) among others. These data are yearly totals by region, globally, and by fire source for each region.

Product Summary

Platforms
Models ,
TRMM ,
Terra ,
ERS-1
Instruments
Computer ,
VIIRS ,
MODIS ,
ATSR
Projects
Vegetation
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1995-06-01 to 2016-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2763353619-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
5952
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Carbonaceous Aerosols ,
Nitrogen Oxides ,
Particulates ,
Hydrogen Cyanide ,
Emissions ,
Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds ,
Particulate Matter ,
Fire Occurrence ,
Nitrogen Oxides ,
Sulfur Dioxide ,
Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds

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Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Randerson, J. T., van der Werf, G. R., Giglio, L., Collatz, G. J., & Kasibhatla, P. S. (2017). Global Fire Emissions Database, Version 4.1 (GFEDv4) (Version 4.1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1293 Date Accessed: 2026-06-09

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An inter-comparison of inverse models for estimating European CH4 emissions Ioannidis, Eleftherios, Meesters, Antoon, Steiner, Michael, Brunner, Dominik, Reum, Friedemann, Pison, Isabelle, Berchet, Antoine, Thompson, Rona, Sollum, Espen, Koch, Frank-Thomas, Gerbig, Christoph, Wang, Fenjuan, Maksyutov, Shamil, Tsuruta, Aki, Tenkanen, Maria, Aalto, Tuula, Monteil, Guillaume, Lin, Hong, Ren, Ge, Scholze, Marko, Houweling, Sander Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Carbon sink conservation: Cost-effective spatial priorities and feasible management policies for China Liu, Jingyi, Zhang, Menghan, Xia, Yu, Wu, Longfeng, Chen, Chongxian Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Assessment of regional and interannual variations in tropospheric ozone in chemical reanalyses Jones, Dylan B. A., Prates, Lucas, Qu, Zhen, Cheng, William Y. Y., Miyazaki, Kazuyuki, Sekiya, Takashi, Inness, Antje, Kumar, Rajesh, Tang, Xiao, Worden, Helen, Koren, Gerbrand, Huijnen, Vincent Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Human-induced climate change intensifies spatially compounding fire weather extremes across European countries Gauthier, Emilie, Bevacqua, Emanuele Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Inferring drivers of tropical isoprene: competing effects of emissions and chemistry Yoon, James Young Suk, Wells, Kelley C., Millet, Dylan B., Frankenberg, Christian, Sanghavi, Suniti, Swann, Abigail L. S., Thornton, Joel A., Turner, Alexander J. Heat Flux, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Water Vapor, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Effects of tropical wildfire behavior on fire emissions and subsequent impacts on PM2. 5 and O3 levels Su, Zhangwen, Luo, Fenqiang, Luo, Sisheng, Chen, Yimin, Yang, Liming Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Development of the global chemistry-climate coupled model BCC-GEOS-Chem v2. 0: improved atmospheric chemistry performance and new capability of chemistry ... Sun, Ruize, Lu, Xiao, Lin, Haipeng, Wu, Tongwen, Ye, Xingpei, Shen, Lu, Wang, Xuan, Wang, Haolin, Li, Jingyu, Lu, Ni, Su, Jiayin, Zhang, Jie, Zhang, Fang, Xin, Xiaoge, Liu, Xiong, Yang, Xiao, Zhang, Lin Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Constraining a data-driven CO2 flux model by ecosystem and Upton, Samuel, Reichstein, Markus, Peters, Wouter, Botia, Santiago, Nelson, Jacob A., Walther, Sophia, Jung, Martin, Gans, Fabian, Haszpra, Laszlo, Bastos, Ana Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy
Development of high-resolution regional aerosol climate model: Yasui, Ryosuke, Tomisawa, Kei, Sato, Yousuke, Takemura, Toshihiko Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
From column to surface: connecting the performance in simulating aerosol optical properties and PM2.5 concentrations in the NASA GEOSCCM Mogno, Caterina, Colarco, Peter R., Collow, Allison B., Das, Sampa, Strode, Sarah A., Valenti, Vanessa, Manyin, Michael E., Liang, Qing, Oman, Luke, Steenrod, Stephen D., Knowland, K. Emma Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance
Global atmospheric hydrogen chemistry and source-sink budget equilibrium simulation with the EMAC v2. 55 model Surawski, Nic, Steil, Benedikt, Bruhl, Christoph, Gromov, Sergey, Klingmuller, Klaus, Martin, Anna, Pozzer, Andrea, Lelieveld, Jos Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Global perspectives on nitrate aerosol dynamics: a comprehensive sensitivity analysis Milousis, Alexandros, Scholz, Susanne M. C., Fuchs, Hendrik, Tsimpidi, Alexandra P., Karydis, Vlassis A. Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Evolving global oceanic nitrogen deposition under future emission pathways and responses to nitrogen emission reductions Deng, Jialin, Guo, Yixin, Lu, Ni, Ye, Xingpei, Zhao, Yuanhong, Xu, Jiayu, Liu, Lei, Zhang, Lin Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Methane fluxes from Arctic & boreal North America: comparisons between process-based estimates and atmospheric observations Liu, Hanyu, Ishizawa, Misa, Vogel, Felix R., Zhang, Zhen, Poulter, Benjamin, Feng, Leyang, Chen, Ao, Gagne-Landmann, Anna L., Huntzinger, Deborah N., Melton, Joe R., Yadav, Vineet, Gaeta, Dylan C., Huang, Ziting, Worthy, Douglas E. J., Chan, Douglas, Miller, Scot M. Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Processes driving the regional sensitivities of summertime PM2.5 to temperature across the US: new insights from model simulations Yin, Lifei, Zheng, Yiqi, Bai, Bin, Zhang, Bingqing, Silvern, Rachel F., Mao, Jingqiu, Mickley, Loretta J., Liu, Pengfei Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Natural and anthropogenic influence on tropospheric ozone variability over the Tropical Atlantic unveiled by satellite, reanalyses and in situ observations Okamoto, Sachiko, Cuesta, Juan, Dufour, Gaelle, Eremenko, Maxim, Miyazaki, Kazuyuki, Boonne, Cathy, Tanimoto, Hiroshi, Peischl, Jeff, Thompson, Chelsea Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide, Air Quality, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Industrial Emissions, Fossil Fuel Burning, Biomass Burning, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Sulfur Compounds, Halocarbons And Halogens, Atmospheric Ozone, Boundary Layer Winds, Air Mass/Density, Convective Clouds/Systems (Observed/Analyzed), Convection
Optimizing global forest burned area simulations: Multi-earth system model assessment, Bayesian model averaging synthesis, and climate drivers Wang, Xueyan, Di, Zhenhua Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Representing extreme fires and their radiative effects in a global climate model via variable scaling of emissions Quaye, Elizabeth, Johnson, Ben T., Haywood, James M., van der Werf, Guido R., Vernooij, Roland, Sitch, Stephen A., Eames, Tom Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Spatially explicit global assessment of cropland greenhouse gas emissions circa 2020 Cao, Peiyu, Bilotto, Franco, Gonzalez Fischer, Carlos, Mueller, Nathaniel D., Carlson, Kimberly M., Driscoll, Avery W., Gerber, James S., Smith, Pete, Tubiello, Francesco N., West, Paul C., You, Liangzhi, Herrero, Mario Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
The Impact of OCO-2 Seasonally Dependent Sampling on Carbon Flux Liu, Junjie, Basu, Sourish, Byrne, Brendan, Yun, Jeongmin, ODell, Chris Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide
The first Tibetan ice core charcoal record reveals anthropogenic fire acceleration since the 1970s Huang, Renhui, Ma, Chunmei, Liu, Xiaoqian, Zhang, Wangbin, Wu, Shuangye, Pang, Hongxi, Hou, Shugui Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
The sensitivity of smoke aerosol dispersion to smoke injection height and source-strength: a multi-model AeroCom study Pan, Xiaohua, Chin, Mian, Kahn, Ralph A., Matsui, Hitoshi, Takemura, Toshihiko, Lin, Meiyun, Xie, Yuanyu, Kim, Dongchul, Val Martin, Maria Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Strong global radiative effects from wildfire dark brown carbon Xu, Lulu, Lin, Guangxing, Wu, Chenglai, Chen, Xi, Wang, Hao, Chen, Cheng, Chakrabarty, Rajan K., Gao, Meng, Vakkari, Ville, van Zyl, Pieter G., Liu, Xiaohong Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Towards Right Answer for the Right Reasons in Global Land Carbon Sink Estimates Zhang, Helin, Ryu, Youngryel, Jeong, Sungchan Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Unprecedented Burning in Tropical Peatlands During the 20th Century Compared to the Previous Two Millennia Wang, Yuwan, Feldpausch, Ted R., Swindles, Graeme T., Moss, Patrick, McGowan, Hamish A., Sim, Thomas G., Morris, Paul J., Benfield, Adam, CourtneyMustaphi, Colin, Wahl, David, Montoya, Encarni, Githumbi, Esther, Honorio Coronado, Euridice N., Augustijns, Femke, Verstraeten, Gert, (Roe), Jess O' Donnell, Tibby, John, Benavides, Juan C., Hapsari, K. Anggi, Schittek, Karsten, Ramdzan, Khairun Nisha Mohamed, Bao, Kunshan, Cole, Lydia E. S., Anderson, Lysanna, Gaka, Mariusz, Akpo, Orijemie Emuobosa, Strobel, Paul, Bala, Prabhakaran Ramya, Dommain, Rene, Marchant, Rob, Sukumar, Raman, Chawchai, Sakonvan, Kavil, Sarath Pullyottum, Mooney, Scott, Kelly, Thomas J., Gao, Yang, Voulgarakis, Apostolos, Boom, Arnoud, Burton, Chantelle, Berrio, Juan Carlos, Ribeiro, Kelly, Anderson, Liana O., Hardiman, Mark, Spater, Molly, Page, Susan E., GallegoSala, Angela V. Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
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