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Description

The MOD14A2 Version 6 data product was decommissioned on July 31, 2023. Users are encouraged to use the MOD14A2 Version 6.1 data product.

The Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Thermal Anomalies and Fire 8-Day (MOD14A2) Version 6 data are generated at 1 kilometer (km) spatial resolution as a Level 3 product. The MOD14A2 gridded composite contains the maximum value of the individual fire pixel classes detected during the eight days of acquisition.

The Science Dataset (SDS) layers include the fire mask and pixel quality indicators.

Known Issues

  • Known issues are described on the MODIS Land Quality Assessment website and in Section 7.2 of the User Guide which covers Pre-November 2000 Data Quality, Detection Confidence, Flagging of Static Sources, and the August 2020 MODIS Aqua Outage

Version Description

The following changes and improvements were implemented for inputs to MODIS Version 6 thermal anomalies and fire  data products: (1) Refinements to internal cloud mask, which sometimes flags heavy smoke as clouds, (2) Fix for frequent false alarms occurring in the Amazon that are caused by small (~1 km²) clearings within forests, (3) Fix to correct a bug that causes incorrect assessment of cloud and water pixels adjacent to fire pixels near the scan edge, (4) Detect small fires using dynamic thresholding, (5) Process ocean and coastline pixels to detect fire from oil rigs, and (6) The Version 6 fire mask has the potential to detect fire over water pixels. Therefore, class 3 pixel values have been changed to be classified as “non-fire water pixels”.

Product Summary

Platforms
Terra
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
2000-02-18 to 2023-02-17
Temporal Resolution
8 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
C2763298081-LPCLOUD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
3
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. (2015). MOD14A2 MODIS/Terra Thermal Anomalies/Fire 8-Day L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V006 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD14A2.006 Date Accessed: 2026-05-16

File Naming Convention

MOD14A2.A2002273.h00v08.006.2015057060930.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MOD14A2) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2002273), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h00v08), the Version of the data collection (006), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2015057060930), and the Data Format (hdf).

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The empirical study on forest fire insurance of ecological function regions in greater Khingan mountains-a case study in the relationship between forest fire and soil moisture Song, Jingbo, Wang, Yongqing Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
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