EDG Data Set Name |
Granule Shortname |
MODIS/Terra Thermal Anomalies/Fire 8-Day L3 Global 1km SIN Grid |
MOD14A2 |
Version |
Acquisition Range |
Science Quality Status |
V003 |
August 29, 2002 (2002241) - October 7, 2002 (2002280) |
Provisional as of Nov 1 2000 |
V004 |
February 24 2000 (2000055) |
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Data Set Characteristics
Area = ~ 10° x 10° lat/long
Image Dimensions = 2 (1200X1200 row/column)
Average File Size = 3 MB
Resolution = 1 kilometer
Projection = Sinusoidal
Data Type Fire Mask = 8-bit unsigned integer
Data Format = HDF-EOS
Science Data Sets (SDSs) = 2
Pixel Value |
Color |
Meaning |
0 |
Black |
not processed (missing input data) |
2 |
Dk Brown |
not processed (other reason) |
3 |
Dk Blue |
water |
4 |
Lt Blue |
cloud |
5 |
Green |
no fire |
6 |
Purple |
unknown |
7 |
Yellow |
low-confidence fire |
8 |
Yellow |
nominal-confidence fire |
9 |
Red |
high-confidence fire |
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This example of MOD14A2 displays data from December 2 - 10, 2000 along the Gulf of Guinea near eastern Africa leading up the Niger River. Small yellow and red dots represent fires in the area.
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Product Description
The MOD14A2 product is a gridded 1 km composite of the most confident fire pixel detected in each grid cell over the eight-day composite interval. Fire detection is performed using the MODIS 4 and 11 micrometer brightness temperatures. The fire detection strategy is based on absolute detection of the fire, if the fire is strong enough, and on detection relative to the background to account for variability of the surface temperature and reflection by sunlight.
The Terra MODIS instrument acquires data twice daily (10:30 am and 10:30 pm), as will the Aqua MODIS (2:30 pm and 2:30 am). These four daily MODIS observations will advance global fire monitoring with 1 km resolution fire channels centered at the 4 and 11 micrometer wavelengths. MODIS data will also be used to monitor burn scars, vegetation type and condition, smoke aerosols, water vapor and clouds for overall monitoring of the fire process and its effects on ecosystems, the atmosphere, and climate. A data base of active fire products will be generated and archived at 1 km resolution and summarized on a grid of 10 km and 0.5° latitude/longitude at daily, 8-day, and monthly intervals. It includes the fire occurrence and location, the rate of emission of thermal energy from the fire and a rough estimate of the smoldering/flaming ratio. This information will be used in monitoring the spatial and temporal distribution of fires in different ecosystems, detecting changes in fire distribution and identifying new fire frontiers, wild fires, and changes in the frequency of the fires or their relative strength.
NOTE: These products are validated, meaning that product uncertainties are well defined over a range of representative conditions. Although there may be later improved versions, these data are ready for use in scientific publications.
SDS |
Units |
Data Type |
Fill Value |
Valid Range |
Most confident detected fire |
Bit field |
8-bit unsigned Integer |
0 |
0 - 9 |
Algorithm QA |
Bit field |
8-bit unsigned Integer |
3 |
0 - 3 |
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Sensor: |
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Dataset: |
MODIS/Terra Thermal Anomalies/Fire 8-Day L3 Global 1km SIN Grid |
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HORIZONTALTILENUMBER Max/Min VERTICALTILENUMBER Max/Min |
Geographic Extent: |
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Temporal Extent: |
2000-02-24 to present |
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