Metadata Identification_Information Citation Citation_Information Originator: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Publication_Date: 2004-02-10 Publication_Time: 12:00:00 Title: African Fires during 2002 Online_Linkage: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a002800/a002890/index.html Description Abstract: This animation shows fire activity in Africa from January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2002. The fires are shown as tiny particles with each particle depicting the geographic region in which fire was detected. The color of a particle represents the number of days since a sizable amount of fire was detected in that region, with red representing less than 20 days, orange representing 20 to 40 days, yellow representing 40 to 60 days, and gray to black representing more than 60 days. This data was measured by the MODIS instrument on the Terra satellite. MODIS detects fires by measuring the brightness temperature of a region in several frequency bands and looking for hot spots where this temperature is greater than the surrounding region. 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Maintenance and Update Frequency: None planned Spatial Domain Bounding_Coordinates West_Bounding_Coordinate: -22 East_Bounding_Coordinate: 58 South_Bounding_Coordinate: -39 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41 Keywords Theme Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme Keyword: Africa Theme Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DLESE Theme Keyword: Atmospheric science Theme Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme Keyword: Fires Theme Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DLESE Theme Keyword: Forestry Theme Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DLESE Theme Keyword: Natural hazards Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: None Point_of_Contact Contact_Person_Primary Contact_Person: Chris Justice Contact_Organization: Contact_Address Point_of_Contact Contact_Person_Primary Contact_Person: Robert Sohlberg Contact_Organization: Contact_Address Browse_Graphic Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a002800/a002890/africa-fires_pre.jpg Browse_Graphic_File_Description: This animation shows fire activity in Africa during 2002. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: image/jpeg Data_Set_Credit: Eric Sokolowsky (NASA/SVS), Cindy Starr (NASA/SVS), NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Spatial_Data_Organization_Information Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster Raster_Object_Information Raster_Object_Type: Pixel Spatial_Reference_Information Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition Geographic Geographic Coordinate Units: Decimal degrees Metadata_Reference_Information Metadata_date: 2004-02-10 Metadata_Contact Contact_Person_Primary Contact_Person: Horace Mitchell Contact_Organization: NASA Contact_Address Address_Type: mailing Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 930 City: Greenbelt State_or_Province: MD Postal_Code: 20771 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 301 286-4030 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: 1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: universal time Metadata_Access_Constraints: none Metadata_Use_Constraints: none