Mapping the Fire Intensity Global Record (2000 through 2013)
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- Visualizations by:
- Lori Perkins
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This visualization displays the MODIS Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) Mean Fire Radiative Power (FRP). The CMG fire products incorporate MODIS active fire data into gridded statistical summaries of fire pixel information intended for use in regional and global modeling. The products are currently generated at 0.5 degree spatial resolution. Many of the lower intensity fires shown in red were prescribed fires, lit for either agricultural or ecosystem management purposes. Orange indicates fires that were more intense with the most intense FRP being shown in yellow. Notice, many of the most intense fires occurred in higher latitudes.
This visual shows the global view of Mean Fire Radiative Power (FRP) from the MODIS Climate Modeling Grid fire products. Agricultural and prescribed fires are shown in dark red. More intense fires are shown in orange. Regions where the gridded statistical summaries show the most intense fires are shown in bright yellow.
This visual shows the same global view of Mean Fire Radiative Power (FRP) from the MODIS Climate Modeling Grid fire products without the accompanying text. Agricultural and prescribed fires are shown in dark red. More intense fires are shown in orange. Regions where the gridded statistical summaries show the most intense fires are shown in bright yellow.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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Writer
- Patrick Lynch (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientists
- Chris Justice (University of Maryland)
- Doug C. Morton (NASA/GSFC)
- Louis Giglio (University of Maryland)
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Producers
- Alison Schuyler Ogden (NASA/GSFC)
- Michelle Handleman (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Project support
- Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Missions
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This visualization can be found in the following series:Papers used in this visualization
Giglio, L., I. Csiszar, and C. O. Justice (2006), Global distribution and seasonality of active fires as observed with the Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensors, J. Geophys. Res., 111, G02016, doi:10.1029/2005JG000142.
Datasets used in this visualization
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Terra and Aqua CMG (MODIS Climate Modeling Grid)
ID: 793
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