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Wildfires Data Access and Tools

NASA data examine many aspects of fires and the processes related to their origins and results, from lightning detection tracking to burn scar analysis. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge. 

Wildfires Datasets

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Burned and Unburned Field Site Data, Noatak, Seward, and North Slope, AK, 2016-2018 1 FIELD SURVEYS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS 2016-07-22 to 2018-08-27

N: 69.6632 S: 65.0181 E: -148.641 W: -164.929

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CARDAMOM Carbon-Water-Energy Reanalysis v1100.1, 2001-2021 1 GOSAT, OCO-2, MODELS, Terra, Aqua TANSO-FTS-2, OCO SPECTROMETERS, Computer, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2021-12-31

N: 82 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

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CARVE: Alaskan Fire Emissions Database (AKFED), 2001-2013 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, MODELS, SATELLITES Computer, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31

N: 71.499 S: 58 E: -141 W: -168.5

GeoTIFF
Circumpolar Fire Polygons with NBR, dNBR, RdNBR Metrics and Ecoregions, 1986-2020 1 COMPUTERS Computer 1986-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 84.0695 S: 33.6975 E: 179.99 W: -179.99

GeoPackage
Distribution of Estimated Stand Age Across Siberian Larch Forests, 1989-2012 1 LANDSAT, MODELS, Terra ETM+, TM, Computer, MODIS 1989-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 67 S: 49 E: 143 W: 90

GeoTIFF
Fire Intensity and Burn Severity Metrics for Circumpolar Boreal Forests, 2001-2013 1 COMPUTERS, Terra, Aqua Computer, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31

N: 80 S: 40 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF
Fire Particulate Emissions from Combined VIIRS and AHI Data for Indonesia, 2015-2020 1 Himawari-8, COMPUTERS, Suomi-NPP AHI, Computer, VIIRS 2015-07-04 to 2020-12-31

N: 10.1 S: -11 E: 153 W: 89

CSV
FireSense: Balloon Vertical Profile Measurements, Fort Drum, NY, USA, 2024 1 BALLOONS RADIOSONDES 2024-04-08 to 2024-04-08

N: 44.2759 S: 43.9079 E: -74.499 W: -75.5416

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FireSense: Balloon Vertical Profile Measurements, Missoula, MT, USA, 2024 1 BALLOONS RADIOSONDES 2024-08-28 to 2024-08-29

N: 46.8556 S: 46.2265 E: -113.03 W: -113.996

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FireSense: UAS Vertical Profile Measurements, Fort Drum, NY, USA, 2024 1 UAV SONIC ANEMOMETER, RADIOSONDES 2024-04-08 to 2024-04-08

N: 44.2476 S: 44.2475 E: -75.5402 W: -75.5404

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Forest Inventories and DBH at Burned and Unburned Forest Sites, Acre, Brazil, 2017 1 FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2017-10-07 to 2017-12-13

N: -9.75418 S: -10.0833 E: -67.2818 W: -68.1477

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Forest Inventories at Burned and Unburned Tropical Forest Sites, Acre, Brazil, 2014 1 FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE 2014-07-01 to 2014-08-31

N: -9.73446 S: -9.89909 E: -67.0199 W: -67.637

CSV
Global Fire Atlas with Characteristics of Individual Fires, 2003-2016 1 COMPUTERS, Terra, Aqua Computer, MODIS 2003-01-01 to 2016-12-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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Global Fire Emissions Database, Version 2.1 2 TRMM, Terra, ERS-2 VIRS, MODIS, ATSR 1997-01-01 to 2005-12-31

N: 89.5 S: -89.5 E: 179.5 W: -179.5

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Impacts of Wildfires on Boreal Forest Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics 1 MODELS, LANDSAT-1 Computer, MSS 1986-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 70 S: 43.5 E: -53 W: -166

CSV
LBA-ECO CD-05 Forest Understory Fuel Loads, Paragominas, Para, Brazil: 2001 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE 2001-01-01 to 2001-01-01

N: -2.983 S: -2.983 E: -47.516 W: -47.516

CSV
LBA-ECO CD-05 Understory Fuel Stick Moisture, km 67 Site, Para, Brazil: 1998-2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE 1998-10-09 to 2000-11-17

N: -2.75 S: -2.75 E: -55 W: -55

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-02 Forest Flammability Data, Catuaba Experimental Farm, Acre, Brazil: 1998 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1998-06-01 to 1999-09-30

N: -10.073 S: -10.073 E: -67.629 W: -67.629

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-02 GOES-08 Hot Pixel Data from Acre, Brazil: 1998, 2000, and 2001 1 GOES-8 GOES-8 Imager 1998-08-01 to 2001-10-30

N: -7.37 S: -11.14 E: -66.63 W: -73.58

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-08 Passive Ground-based Fire Data, Para and Mato Grosso Brazil: 2001-2002 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2002-07-12 to 2002-07-15

N: -9.7 S: -15.7 E: -55.1 W: -56.5

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-23 ASTER and MODIS Fire Data Comparison for Brazil: 2003-2004 1 Terra, Aqua MODIS, ASTER 2003-01-19 to 2004-02-07

N: 5 S: -11 E: -54 W: -68

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LBA-ECO LC-23 Characterization of Vegetation Fire Dynamics for Brazil: 2001-2003 1 Terra, NOAA-12, Aqua MODIS, AVHRR 2001-01-01 to 2003-12-31

N: 5.3 S: -33.75 E: -34.8 W: -74

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MASTER: Airborne Science, Southwest US, May, 2011 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2011-05-15 to 2011-05-23

N: 38.8226 S: 31.9522 E: -101.25 W: -120.234

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MASTER: California Fire-Burn Area Emergency Response, California, April 2008 1 B-200 MASTER 2008-04-14 to 2008-04-26

N: 37.8333 S: 32.5333 E: -116.55 W: -122.583

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MASTER: FireSense, California and Southern US, Spring 2025 1 B-200 MASTER 2025-03-17 to 2025-04-18

N: 33.4811 S: 30.2467 E: -81.6656 W: -116.044

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Featured Observation Method: VIIRS

NASA's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) provides active data for fire management and wildfire alert systems.

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True color corrected reflectance image of fires blazing across Canada on 17 July 2024 from the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 satellite

Canadian Wildfires

Image captured on July 17, 2024, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 satellite.

Wildfires Data Tools

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FIRMS The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. Access, Visualization
Panoply Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison
TESViS The Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting & Visualization Services Global Subsets Tool provides on-demand, customized subsets of several terrestrial ecology data products. Visualization, Subsetting
VEDA NASA's Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) project is an open-source science cyberinfrastructure for data processing, visualization, exploration, and geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities. Access, Analysis, Processing, Visualization, Geoprocessing
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