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Description

The Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Thermal Anomalies and Fire Daily (MYD14A1) Version 6.1 data are generated every eight days at 1 kilometer (km) spatial resolution as a Level 3 product. MYD14A1 contains eight consecutive days of fire data conveniently packaged into a single file.

The Science Dataset (SDS) layers include the fire mask, pixel quality indicators, maximum fire-radiative-power (MaxFRP), and the position of the fire pixel within the scan. Each layer consists of daily per pixel information for each of the eight days of data acquisition.

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
Spatial Reference System(s)
MODIS Sinusoidal Tiling System
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
C2565794059-LPCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
322837
Processing Level
3
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 Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V061 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD14A1.061 Date Accessed: 2026-05-20

File Naming Convention

MYD14A1.A2025209.h18v08.061.2025217235501.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MYD14A1) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2025209), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h18v08), the Version of the data collection (061), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2025217235501), 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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Utilization of Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Imagery for Improving Burnt Area Mapping Accuracy Nolde, Michael, Plank, Simon, Riedlinger, Torsten Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Reflectance, Burned Area
Crop residue burning practices across north India inferred from household survey dataBridging gaps in satellite observations Liu, Tianjia, Mickley, Loretta J., Singh, Sukhwinder, Jain, Meha, DeFries, Ruth S., Marlier, Miriam E. Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Diagnosing spatial biases and uncertainties in global fire emissions inventoriesIndonesia as regional case study Liu, Tianjia, Mickley, Loretta J., Marlier, Miriam E., DeFries, Ruth S., Khan, Md Firoz, Latif, Mohd Talib, Karambelas, Alexandra Land Surface Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Reflectance, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Burned Area
Estimating the columnar concentrations of black carbon aerosols in China using MODIS products Bao, Fangwen, Li, Ying, Cheng, Tianhai, Gao, Jinhui, Yuan, Shuyun Land Surface Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES
A classification scheme to determine wildfires from the satellite record in the cool grasslands of southern CanadaConsiderations for fire occurrence modelling and warning criteria Thompson, Dan K., Morrison, Kimberly Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Tracing devastating fires in Portugal to a snow archive in the Swiss Osmont, Dimitri, Brugger, Sandra, Gilgen, Anina, Weber, Helga, Sigl, Michael, Modini, Robin L., Schworer, Christoph, Tinner, Willy, Wunderle, Stefan, Schwikowski, Margit Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Persistent fire foci in all biomes undermine the Paris Agreement in Brazil da Silva Junior, Carlos Antonio, Teodoro, Paulo Eduardo, Delgado, Rafael Coll, Teodoro, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro, Lima, Mendelson, de Andrea Pantaleao, Ariane, Baio, Fabio Henrique Rojo, de Azevedo, Gileno Brito, de Oliveira Sousa Azevedo, Glauce Tais, Capristo-Silva, Guilherme Fernando, Arvor, Damien, Facco, Cassiele Uliana Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Land Surface Temperature, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Crop residue open field burning in Pakistan; multi-year high spatial resolution emission inventory for 20002014 Azhar, Ramisha, Zeeshan, Muhammad, Fatima, Khunsa Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Influence of straw burning on urban air pollutant concentrations in Northeast China Wang, Zhenzhen, Zhao, Jianjun, Xu, Jiawen, Jia, Mingrui, Li, Han, Wang, Shijun Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Collective impacts of biomass burning and synoptic weather on surface PM2.5 and CO in Northeast China Li, Yichen, Liu, Jane, Han, Han, Zhao, Tianliang, Zhang, Xun, Zhuang, Bingliang, Wang, Tijian, Chen, Huimin, Wu, Yue, Li, Mengmeng Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Risk assessment and regionalization of fire disaster based on analytic hierarchy process and MODIS dataA case study of Inner Mongolia, China Jia, Xu, Gao, Yong, Wei, Baocheng, Wang, Shan, Tang, Guodong, Zhao, Zhonghua Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
The influence of fire frequency on the structure and botanical composition of savanna ecosystems Ribeiro, Natasha, Ruecker, Gernot, Govender, Navashni, Macandza, Valerio, Pais, Aurelio, Machava, Domingos, Chauque, Aniceto, Lisboa, Sa Nogueira, Bandeira, Romana Land Surface Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Burned Area
Wildfire detection probability of MODIS fire products under the constraint of environmental factorsA study based on confirmed ground wildfire records Ying, Lingxiao, Shen, Zehao, Yang, Mingzheng, Piao, Shilong Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Agricultural fire impacts on ozone photochemistry over the Yangtze River Delta region, East China Li, Mengmeng, Wang, Tijian, Xie, Min, Li, Shu, Zhuang, Bingliang, Chen, Pulong, Huang, Xin, Han, Yong Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
A simple method based on the thermal anomaly index to detect industrial heat sources Xia, Haiping, Chen, Yunhao, Quan, Jinling Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, REFLECTED INFRARED, THERMAL INFRARED, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Visible Radiance
Burned area comparisons between prescribed burning permits in southeastern United States and two satellite-derived products Huang, Ran, Zhang, Xiaoyang, Chan, Daniel, Kondragunta, Shobha, Russell, Armistead G., Odman, M. Talat Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Life cycle of bamboo in the southwestern Amazon and its relation to fire events Dalagnol, Ricardo, Wagner, Fabien Hubert, Galvao, Lenio Soares, Nelson, Bruce Walker, Aragao, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Reflectance, Snow Grain Size, Snow Cover
Understanding temporal and spatial distribution of crop residue burning in China from 2003 to 2017 using MODIS data Zhuang, Yan, Li, Ruiyuan, Yang, Hao, Chen, Danlu, Chen, Ziyue, Gao, Bingbo, He, Bin Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Study on climate and grassland fire in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China Liu, Meifang, Zhao, Jianjun, Guo, Xiaoyi, Zhang, Zhengxiang, Tan, Gang, Yang, Jihong Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
High-resolution historical emission inventories of crop residue burning in fields in China for the period 19902013 Li, Jing, Li, Yaqi, Bo, Yu, Xie, Shaodong Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Linking land surface phenology and vegetation-plot databases to model terrestrial plant alpha-diversity of the Okavango Basin Revermann, Rasmus, Finckh, Manfred, Stellmes, Marion, Strohbach, Ben, Frantz, David, Oldeland, Jens Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Burned Area
A high-resolution emission inventory of crop burning in fields in China based on MODIS Thermal Anomalies/Fire products Huang, Xin, Li, Mengmeng, Li, Jianfeng, Song, Yu Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
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