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The campaign targeted vegetation, fire, and smoke measurements, and aims to enhance understanding of fire behavior and smoke dynamics in order to provide actionable information to practitioners.In a collaboration between NASA, the DoW, and wildland experts, NASA FireSense demonstrates how cutting-edge satellite and airborne technology is revolutionizing fire detection, prescribed fire, and ecosystem management—bringing real-time data to wildland fire managers.NASA FireSense Website || ", "hits": 83 }, { "id": 5315, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5315/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-06-20T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Daily Experimental Fire Weather Forecast", "description": "Summary", "hits": 112 }, { "id": 14285, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14285/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-08-02T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Wildfires 101: How NASA Studies Fires in a Changing World", "description": "Complete transcript available.Universal Production Music: Big Found by Ran Shir [BMI], Rotem Moav [BMI]; Swirling Blizzard by Laurent Dury [SACEM]; Dry Ice by Alessandro Rizzo [PRS], Elliot Greenway Ireland [PRS], Paper Boy [PRS]; Into Motion by Peter Larsen [PRS] This video can be freely shared and downloaded. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, some individual imagery provided by Pond5.com is obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html || 14285_Thumbnail.jpg (1920x1080) [750.1 KB] || 14285_Thumbnail_print.jpg (1024x576) [330.7 KB] || 14285_Thumbnail_searchweb.png (320x180) [91.0 KB] || 14285_Thumbnail_web.png (320x180) [91.0 KB] || 14285_Thumbnail_thm.png (80x40) [6.5 KB] || 14285_Wildfires101.webm (1920x1080) [40.4 MB] || 14285_Wildfires101.mp4 (1920x1080) [688.0 MB] || 14285_Wildfires101.en_US.srt [7.9 KB] || 14285_Wildfires101.en_US.vtt [7.5 KB] || ", "hits": 110 }, { "id": 5052, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5052/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2022-12-12T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Post-Fire: Assessing Downstream Effects on Hydrology and Water Quality (Thomas Fire)", "description": "Tracing Hydrological impacts of wildfires to understand downstream landslide risks; an example of the 2017 Thomas Fire, Southern California. || thomas_fire_FINAL_035_HD.04500_print.jpg (1024x576) [211.6 KB] || thomas_fire_FINAL_035_HD.04500_searchweb.png (320x180) [81.0 KB] || thomas_fire_FINAL_035_HD.04500_thm.png (80x40) [6.0 KB] || thomas_fire_FINAL_035_HD_1080p59.94.mp4 (1920x1080) [28.5 MB] || 1920x1080_16x9_60p (1920x1080) [256.0 KB] || thomas_fire_FINAL_035_HD_1080p59.94.webm (1920x1080) [6.9 MB] || thomas_fire_FINAL_035_4k_2160p59.94.mp4 (3840x2160) [90.0 MB] || 9600x3240_16x9_30p (9600x3240) [128.0 KB] || 3840x2160_16x9_60p (3840x2160) [256.0 KB] || ", "hits": 77 }, { "id": 13516, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13516/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2020-01-15T11:00:00-05:00", "title": "2019 Was the Second Hottest Year on Record", "description": "Earth's global surface temperatures in 2019 ranked second warmest since 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).Global temperatures in 2019 were 2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.1 degrees Celsius) warmer than the late 19th Century, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. 2019's temperatures were second only to those of 2016 and continued the planet's long-term warming trend: the six warmest years on the instrumental record have been the six last years. || ", "hits": 54 }, { "id": 4729, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4729/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2019-07-18T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "FIREX-AQ Prelaunch Data Visualization", "description": "This data visualization starts with an overview of the United States west coast. As we zoom into several California wildfires, MODIS data dissolves in to show some of the low-lying smoke resulting from these fires. The camera then pans across the United States, slowly revealing CALIPSO swath passes as they dissect the atmosphere. Throughout most of the journey CALIPSO picks up many aerosol signatures as shown in the more opaque portions of the curtain. || firex_comp2.0400_print.jpg (1024x576) [167.7 KB] || firex_comp2.0400_searchweb.png (320x180) [119.9 KB] || firex_comp2.0400_thm.png (80x40) [7.4 KB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || firex_comp2_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [12.0 MB] || firex_comp2_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [100.7 MB] || firex_comp2_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [185 bytes] || ", "hits": 42 }, { "id": 4634, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4634/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2018-06-28T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Global Fire Weather Database", "description": "The Global Fire WEather Database (GFWED) integrates different weather factors influencing the likelihood of a vegetation fire starting and spreading. It is based on the Fire Weather Index (FWI) System, which tracks the dryness of three general fuel classes, and the potential behavior of a fire if it were to start. Each day, FWI values are calculated from global weather data, including satellite rainfall data from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission.The FWI System is the most widely used fire danger rating system in the world, and has been adopted for different boreal, temperate and tropical fire environments. GFWED provides a globally consistent fire weather dataset for fire researchers and managers to apply locally. The Fire Weather Index component is suitable as a general index of fire danger. Globally, shifts in continental-scale fire activity follow seasonal changes in the FWI. Over South America and Africa, regions of high FWI and active agricultural burning shift with the tropical rain belts, seen in the GPM precipitation overlay. Over North America and Eurasia, the FWI will ‘activate’ in the spring, and shows how week-to-week surges in fire activity can be driven by high FWI values. || ", "hits": 85 }, { "id": 12667, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12667/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-06-28T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Rainfall Data and Global Fire Weather", "description": "Additional footage courtesy of Greenpeace.Music: \"Vulnerable Moment,\" John Ashton Thomas, Atmosphere Music Ltd.; \"Inducing Waves,\" Ben Niblett and Jon Cotton, Atmosphere Music Ltd.Complete transcript available. || fires_thumb_print.jpg (1024x578) [88.2 KB] || fires_thumb_searchweb.png (320x180) [93.8 KB] || fires_thumb_thm.png (80x40) [7.0 KB] || Fires_GPM_prores.mov (1920x1080) [3.7 GB] || Fires_GPM_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [385.5 MB] || Fires_GPM_large.mp4 (1920x1080) [271.4 MB] || Fires_GPM_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [60.4 MB] || Fires_GPM_youtube_720.mp4 (1280x720) [513.6 MB] || Fires_GPM_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [526.2 MB] || Fires_GPM_prores.webm (1920x1080) [30.3 MB] || 12667_Fires.en_US.srt [5.2 KB] || 12667_Fires.en_US.vtt [5.2 KB] || ", "hits": 43 }, { "id": 4413, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4413/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2016-01-07T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly and Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly Comparison", "description": "Animation showing Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly (SSTA) and Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly (TWSA) data from 2002 to 2015 simultaneously. For SSTA data, blues indicate temperatures lower than normal and reds are areas warmer than normal. With this data we can see the comings and goings of El Niño and La Niña across the years. For the TWSA data, browns indicate areas with less ground water than normal and greens are areas with more ground water than normal, which correlates to droughts and floods in these various regions. Furthermore, terrestrial areas that show significant amounts of low water storage are much more sensitive to wildfires. || grace_w_ssta_rob2.4991_print.jpg (1024x576) [133.2 KB] || grace_w_ssta_rob2.4991_searchweb.png (180x320) [91.1 KB] || grace_w_ssta_rob2.4991_thm.png (80x40) [7.7 KB] || grace_w_ssta_rob2_2x_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [41.8 MB] || composite (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || robinson_projection (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || dates (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || grace_w_ssta_rob2_2x_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [9.8 MB] || ", "hits": 28 }, { "id": 4095, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4095/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-08-09T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Potential Evaporation in North America Through 2100", "description": "This animation shows the projected increase in potential evaporation during the fire season through the year 2100, relative to 1980, based on the combined results of multiple climate models: MERRA data for 1980-2010 and an ensemble of 20 climate models for 2010-2100. The maximum increase across North America is about 1 mm/day by 2100. This concept, potential evaporation, is a measure of drying potential or \"fire weather.\" An average increase of 1 mm/day over the whole year is a big change — 1 mm/day increase in PE is considered to be an \"extreme\" event for fires, similar to the conditions in Colorado in 2012. By these projections, fire years like 2012 would be the new normal in regions like the western US by the end of the 21st century. || ", "hits": 135 }, { "id": 10997, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10997/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-06-06T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Suomi Sees Asian Fires Migrate To North America", "description": "Research Scientist Colin Seftor talks about images that he built from Suomi data. Suomi is originally known as NPP. In these images we see smoke travel from Asia to North America. || ", "hits": 27 }, { "id": 10634, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10634/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-09-07T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Wildfire and Pine Beetles", "description": "Mountain pine beetles are native to Western forests, but in recent years their numbers have skyrocketed. As they damage more trees and kill whole regions of forest, some worry that the dead forest left behind has become a tinderbox ready to burn. But do pine beetles really increase fire risk?Using Landsat satellite data, University of Wisconsin forest ecologist Phil Townsend and his team are discovering that pine beetle damage appears not to have a significant impact in the risk of large fires. In fact, it might even reduce fire risk in some instances. || ", "hits": 24 } ] }