Boreal Forest Fire Observations and MODIS NDVI
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- Visualizations by:
- Lori Perkins
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More information on the Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) is available at https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time/firms.
This animation shows fires over NDVI in the Boreal region in Eurasia from July 2002 through July 2011. This still image is from August 15, 2006.
This video is also available on our YouTube channel.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
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Writer
- Adam P. Voiland (SSAI)
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Scientists
- Chris Justice (University of Maryland)
- Louis Giglio (University of Maryland)
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Producer
- Kayvon Sharghi (USRA)
Missions
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This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
Terra and Aqua Fire Location (Collected with the MODIS sensor)
Credit: Fire location data courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project (NASA/GSFC and University of Maryland - http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov)
See more visualizations using this data setTerra and Aqua NDVI (A.K.A. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)) (Collected with the MODIS sensor)
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