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Description

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Thermal Anomalies and Fire MOD14 Version 6.1 product is produced daily in 5-minute temporal satellite increments (swaths) at 1 kilometer (km) spatial resolution. The MOD14 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
Terra
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
2000-02-24 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
C2271754179-LPCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
2713301
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Fire Occurrence ,
Surface Thermal Properties ,
Land Surface Temperature ,
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/Terra Thermal Anomalies/Fire 5-Min L2 Swath 1km V061 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD14.061 Date Accessed: 2026-05-13

File Naming Convention

MOD14.A2025224.1755.061.2025224212147.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD14) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2025224), the Hours and Minutes of Acquisition provided as HHMM (1755), the Version of the data collection (061), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2025224212147), and the Data Format (hdf).

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT VALIDATION

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Publications Citing This Dataset

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Title Year Author Topic
Fire danger assessment using geospatial modelling in Mekong delta, VietnamEffects on wetland resources Dang, An T.N., Kumar, Lalit, Reid, Michael, Mutanga, Onisimo Reflectance, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Emissivity
Fire risk assessment, spatiotemporal clustering and hotspot analysis in the Luki biosphere reserve region, western DR Congo Cizungu, Nadege Cirezi, Tshibasu, Elvis, Lutete, Eric, Mushagalusa, Ciza Arsene, Mugumaarhahama, Yannick, Ganza, Deckas, Karume, Katcho, Michel, Baudouin, Lumbuenamo, Raymond, Bogaert, Jan Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Highly anomalous fire emissions from the 2019-2020 Australian bushfires Li, Fangjun, Zhang, Xiaoyang, Kondragunta, Shobha Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Increasing fire and logging disturbances in Siberian boreal forestsA case study of the Angara region Shvetsov, Evgeny G, Kukavskaya, Elena A, Shestakova, Tatiana A, Laflamme, Jocelyne, Rogers, Brendan M Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Surface Water Features
Detecting low-intensity fires in east asia using viirs dataAn improved contextual algorithm Zhang, Ning, Sun, Lin, Sun, Zhendong, Qu, Yu Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Estimates of temporal-spatial variability of wildfire danger across the Justino, Flavio, Bromwich, David, Wilson, Aaron, Silva, Alex, Avila-Diaz, Alvaro, Fernandez, Alfonso, Rodrigues, Jackson Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Droughts and heatwaves in the Western MediterraneanImpact on vegetation and wildfires using the coupled WRF-ORCHIDEE regional model (RegIPSL) Guion, Antoine, Turquety, Solene, Polcher, Jan, Pennel, Romain, Bastin, Sophie, Arsouze, Thomas Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Burned Area, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Crop residue burning in northeast china and its impact on pm2.5 concentrations in South Korea Lee, Jin-Ju, Lee, Jae-Bum, Kim, Okgil, Heo, Gookyoung, Lee, Hankyung, Lee, DaeGyun, Kim, Dai-gon, Lee, Sang-Deok Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Deep stratospheric intrusion and Russian wildfire induce enhanced tropospheric ozone pollution over the northern Tibetan Plateau Zhang, Jinqiang, Li, Dan, Bian, Jianchun, Bai, Zhixuan Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Current trend of carbon emissions from wildfires in Siberia Ponomarev, Evgenii, Yakimov, Nikita, Ponomareva, Tatiana, Yakubailik, Oleg, Conard, Susan G. Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Numerical investigation of atmosphere-fire interactions during high-impact wildland fire events in Greece Kartsios, Stergios, Karacostas, Theodore, Pytharoulis, Ioannis, Dimitrakopoulos, Alexandros P. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Understanding agricultural fire dynamics in the southern Yucatan Peninsular Region using the MODIS (C6) active fire product Pagan, Andrew, Rogan, John, Schmook, Birgit, Christman, Zachary, Sangermano, Florencia Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
The outflow of Asian biomass burning carbonaceous aerosol into the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere in springRadiative effects seen in a global model Chavan, Prashant, Fadnavis, Suvarna, Chakroborty, Tanusri, Sioris, Christopher E., Griessbach, Sabine, Muller, Rolf Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Local emission and long-range transport impacts on the CO, CO2, and CH4 concentrations at a tropical rural site Jain, Chaithanya D., Singh, Vikas, Akhil Raj, S.T., Madhavan, B.L., Ratnam, M. Venkat Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature
A review on early forest fire detection systems using optical remote sensing Barmpoutis, Panagiotis, Papaioannou, Periklis, Dimitropoulos, Kosmas, Grammalidis, Nikos Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Accuracy and spatiotemporal distribution of fire in the Brazilian biomes from the MODIS burned-area products Santana, Nickolas Castro, de Carvalho, Osmar Abilio, Gomes, Roberto Arnaldo Trancoso, Guimaraes, Renato Fontes Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Burned Area
Intercomparison of Himawari-8 AHI-FSA with MODIS and VIIRS active fire products Wickramasinghe, Chathura, Wallace, Luke, Reinke, Karin, Jones, Simon Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Influence of satellite sensor pixel size and overpass time on undercounting of cerrado/savannah landscape-scale fire radiative power (FRP)An assessment using the MODIS airborne simulator Sperling, Samuel, Wooster, Martin J., Malamud, Bruce D. Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
How emissions uncertainty influences the distribution and radiative impacts of smoke from fires in North America Carter, Therese S., Heald, Colette L., Jimenez, Jose L., Campuzano-Jost, Pedro, Kondo, Yutaka, Moteki, Nobuhiro, Schwarz, Joshua P., Wiedinmyer, Christine, Darmenov, Anton S., da Silva, Arlindo M., Kaiser, Johannes W. Population Size, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Burned Area
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 wildfire fuel consumption with multitemporal airborne laser scanning data and demonstrating linkage with MODIS-derived fire radiative energy McCarley, T. Ryan, Hudak, Andrew T., Sparks, Aaron M., Vaillant, Nicole M., Meddens, Arjan J.H., Trader, Laura, Mauro, Francisco, Kreitler, Jason, Boschetti, Luigi Fire Occurrence, 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
Satellite-based fire progression mappingA comprehensive assessment for large fires in Northern California Scaduto, Erica, Chen, Bin, Jin, Yufang Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Satellite monitoring of the wildfire in Siberia and fire emissions estimation Ponomarev, E.I., Litvintsev, K.Yu., Ponomareva, T.V., Shvetsov, E.G., Yakimov, N.D. Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Rapid recent deforestation incursion in a vulnerable indigenous land in the Brazilian Amazon and fire-driven emissions of fine particulate aerosol pollutants de Oliveira, Gabriel, Chen, Jing M., Mataveli, Guilherme A. V., Chaves, Michel E. D., Seixas, Hugo T., Cardozo, Francielle da S., Shimabukuro, Yosio E., He, Liming, Stark, Scott C., dos Santos, Carlos A. C. Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
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