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Description

This dataset is derived from Russian forest fire imagery from the National Forest Fire Center of Russia archive that was collected by the Center of Remote Sensing, Institute of Solar Terrestrial Physics, Irkutsk, Russia for the 1998 and 1999 fire seasons. The data are vector (point) maps of forest fire locations (1998 and 1999) in ArcView shapefile format.

Product Summary

Platforms
NOAA-9
Instruments
AVHRR
Spatial Extent
N: 71 S: 23.21 E: 180 W: 25
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1998-04-01 to 1999-09-30
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2810671708-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Fire Occurrence

Citation

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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Minko, N., Stone, T. A., & Schlesinger, P. (2003). RLC Forest Fire Locations in Eastern Russia, 1998-1999 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/695 Date Accessed: 2025-10-08

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