Delivery of Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite data products will cease on November 1, 2026. Data users should transition now to alternative products from NOAA-21 and NOAA-20.
Suomi NPP data announcement
Step 1 - Add Network Link
Step 2 - Set URL and Refresh Rate
- Paste and copy url location into Link:
ex:https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/modis-c6.1/kml/MODIS_C6_1_USA_contiguous_and_Hawaii_24h.kml - View other available FIRMS kml files (updated every hour)
- Select Refresh tab
- Set Time-Based Refresh to When:Periodically
- Adjust the frequency as needed
- Click OK at the bottom
Step 3 - View Data
Method 2:
Step 1 - Create local.kml file with the Network Link
- Open any text editor and paste and copy the code below
- Note the refreshInterval is set to 3600 seconds (3600 seconds = 1 hour; 43200 seconds = 12 hours; 86400 seconds = 1 day)
- Set href to FIRMS kml file of your interest. See options (updated every hour)
- Save the file as local.kml in plain text. Check that the editor didn't add any special characters.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
<Document>
<NetworkLink>
<Name>Local kml</Name>
<Link>
<href>https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/c6/kml/MODIS_C6_USA_contiguous_and_Hawaii_24h.kml</href>
<refreshMode>onInterval</refreshMode>
<refreshInterval>3600</refreshInterval>
</Link>
</NetworkLink>
</Document>
</kml> Step 2 - Open local.kml File in Google Earth Pro
Step 3 - Find local.kml File
Step 4 - View Results
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Aug. 23, 2019