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Description

The Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Thermal Anomalies and Fire (MYD14) Version 6.1 product is produced daily in 5-minute temporal satellite increments (swaths). The MYD14 product is used to generate all of the higher level fire products, but can also be used to identify fires and other thermal anomalies, such as volcanoes. Each swath of data is approximately 2,030 kilometers along track (long), and 2,300 kilometers across track (wide).

Known Issues

Version Description

The following changes and improvements were implemented for inputs to MODIS Version 6.1 thermal anomalies and fire data products: (1) Version 6.1 Level-1B (L1B) products have been improved by undergoing various calibration changes that include: changes to the response-versus-scan angle (RVS) approach that affects reflectance bands for Aqua and Terra MODIS, corrections to adjust for the optical crosstalk in Terra MODIS infrared (IR) bands, and corrections to the Terra MODIS forward look-up table (LUT) update for the period 2012 – 2017, and (2) A polarization correction has been applied to the L1B Reflective Solar Bands (RSB).

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua
Instruments
MODIS
Spatial Extent

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

Spatial Resolution
1000 Meters x 1000 Meters
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2002-07-04 to Present
Temporal Resolution
1 Day
Data Partner
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) ,
MODIS Adaptive Processing System, Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/MODAPS)
Concept ID
C2278858993-LPCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
2496193
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Land Surface Temperature ,
Fire Occurrence ,
Surface Thermal Properties ,
THERMAL ANOMALIES

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.

Copy Citation

Giglio, L., & Justice, C. (2021). MODIS/Aqua Thermal Anomalies/Fire 5-Min L2 Swath 1km V061 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD14.061 Date Accessed: 2026-05-26

File Naming Convention

MYD14.A2025224.0945.061.2025224201819.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MYD14) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2025224), the Hours and Minutes of Acquisition provided as HHMM (0945), the Version of the data collection (061), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2025224201819), and the Data Format (hdf).

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT VALIDATION

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

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Publications Citing This Dataset

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Detection and inventory of intense pyroconvection in Western North America using GOES-15 daytime infrared data Peterson, David A., Fromm, Michael D., Solbrig, Jeremy E., Hyer, Edward J., Surratt, Melinda L., Campbell, James R. Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Comparison of the Hazard Mapping System (HMS) fire product to ground-based fire records in Georgia, USA Hu, Xuefei, Yu, Chao, Tian, Di, Ruminski, Mark, Robertson, Kevin, Waller, Lance A., Liu, Yang Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Modelling spatial patterns of wildfire occurrence in South-Eastern Australia Zhang, Yang, Lim, Samsung, Sharples, Jason John Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Detecting gas flares and estimating flaring volumes at individual flow stations using MODIS data Anejionu, Obinna C.D., Blackburn, G. Alan, Whyatt, J. Duncan Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
An initial comparison of the thermal anomaly detection products of MODIS and VIIRS in their observation of Indonesian volcanic activity Blackett, Matthew Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Satellite-based automated burned area detection: a performance assessment of the MODIS MCD45A1 in the Brazilian savanna Araujo, Fernando Moreira De, Ferreira, Laerte G. Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Burned Area
Development of a multi-temporal Kalman filter approach to geostationary active fire detection & fire radiative power (FRP) estimation Roberts, G., Wooster, M.J. Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Mapping the daily progression of large wildland fires using MODIS active fire data Veraverbeke, Sander, Sedano, Fernando, Hook, Simon J., Randerson, James T., Jin, Yufang, Rogers, Brendan M. Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Burned Area
The relationship between particulate pollution levels in Australian cities, meteorology, and landscape fire activity detected from MODIS hotspots Price, Owen F., Williamson, Grant J., Henderson, Sarah B., Johnston, Fay, Bowman, David M. J. S. Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Monitoring the transport of biomass burning emission in South America Pereira, Gabriel, Shimabukuro, Yosio E., Moraes, Elisabete C., Freitas, Saulo R., Cardozo, Francielle S., Longo, Karla M. Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
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