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Description

This dataset provides estimates of wildfire progression represented by date of burning (DoB) within fire scars across Alaska and Canada for the period 2001-2019. Burn scar locations were obtained from two datasets: the Alaskan Interagency Coordination Center (AICC) and the Natural Resources Canada (NRC) databases. All scars within these databases were used in this study. The estimated DoB was derived using an algorithm for identifying the first fire occurrence from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) active fire detection product (MCD14ML, Collection 6) and to subsequently determine all dates of burning within fire scars. The DoB data are provided as polygons and map the daily progression of a fire within each burn scar. As a result, there is one polygon for each DoB detected within an identified burn scar boundary. The MODIS active fire points associated with the burn scar data are also provided. Data for the period 2001-2015 were first published in 2017 and data for the period 2016-2019 were added in January 2021.

Product Summary

Platforms
COMPUTERS ,
SATELLITES
Instruments
Computer ,
MODIS
Spatial Extent

N: 70.1592 S: 41.7456 E: -53.8267 W: -178.841

Location
ALASKA ,
CANADA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2001-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2162122340-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
38
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Fire Occurrence ,
Fire Dynamics ,
Burned Area

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

Loboda, T. V., Hall, J. V., & Baer, A. (2017). ABoVE: Wildfire Date of Burning within Fire Scars across Alaska and Canada, 2001-2019 (Version 1.1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1559 Date Accessed: 2026-05-16

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Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Wildfire Spread Prediction: A Review Andrianarivony, Henintsoa S., Akhloufi, Moulay A. Fire Occurrence, Fire Dynamics, Burned Area
Remote Sensing Active Fire Detection Tools Support Growth Reconstruction for Large Boreal Wildfires Schiks, Tom J., Wotton, B. Mike, Martell, David L. Fire Occurrence, Fire Dynamics, Burned Area
Evaluating the Drought Code for lowland taiga of Interior Alaska using eddy covariance measurements Miller, Eric A., Iwata, Hiroki, Ueyama, Masahito, Harazono, Yoshinobu, Kobayashi, Hideki, Ikawa, Hiroki, Busey, Robert, Iwahana, Go, Euskirchen, Eugenie S. Fire Occurrence, Fire Dynamics, Burned Area
Simulating spatio-temporal dynamics of surface PM2. 5 emitted from Alaskan wildfires Chen, Dong, Billmire, Michael, Loughner, Christopher P., Bredder, Allison, French, Nancy H.F., Kim, Hyun Cheol, Loboda, Tatiana V. Fire Occurrence, Fire Dynamics, Burned Area, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), Emissions
Unrecorded Tundra Fires of the Arctic Slope, Alaska USA Miller, Eric A., Jones, Benjamin M., Baughman, Carson A., Jandt, Randi R., Jenkins, Jennifer L., Yokel, David A. Fire Occurrence, Fire Dynamics, Burned Area, Vegetation Species, Land Use Classes, Terrain Elevation
A remote sensing-based approach to estimating the fire spread rate parameter for individual burn patch extraction Humber, Michael, Zubkova, Maria, Giglio, Louis Fire Occurrence, Fire Dynamics, Burned Area, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Fire Ecology, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Dominant Species, Vegetation Index, Biomass
Soil respiration strongly offsets carbon uptake in Alaska and Northwest Canada Watts, Jennifer D, Natali, Susan M, Minions, Christina, Risk, Dave, Arndt, Kyle, Zona, Donatella, Euskirchen, Eugenie S, Rocha, Adrian V, Sonnentag, Oliver, Helbig, Manuel, Kalhori, Aram, Oechel, Walt, Ikawa, Hiroki, Ueyama, Masahito, Suzuki, Rikie, Kobayashi, Hideki, Celis, Gerardo, Schuur, Edward A G, Humphreys, Elyn, Kim, Yongwon, Lee, Bang-Yong, Goetz, Scott, Madani, Nima, Schiferl, Luke D, Commane, Roisin, Kimball, John S, Liu, Zhihua, Torn, Margaret S, Potter, Stefano, Wang, Jonathan A, Jorgenson, M Torre, Xiao, Jingfeng, Li, Xing, Edgar, Colin Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Aquatic Ecosystems, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Vegetation, Soils, Fire Occurrence, Fire Dynamics, Burned Area, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Forests, Vegetation Cover, Alpine/Tundra, Reflectance, Dominant Species, Soil Temperature, Carbon Flux, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Soil Respiration, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Air Temperature, Solar Induced Fluorescence, NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE)
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