Suomi NPP Active Fires - NDE, 3/18/2016 - click to enlarge
Active Fires
Team Lead: Ivan Csiszar
Product Description
The Active Fires product is based on the detection and analysis of the radiative signature of natural or anthropogenic surface fires as received by the sensor. The product includes the geolocation and Fire Radiative Power (FRP) of pixels for which fires are detected, and a full mask consisting of a two-dimensional array of values representing the fire and other relevant thematic classes (e.g., cloud) of each pixel in a swath data granule.
Product and Data Access
Products and data:
EDR Long Term-Monitoring
Documentation (ATBD)
- Active Fires, (PDF, 1.18 MB)
- I-Band Active Fires, (PDF, 3.65 MB)
M-Band Active Fires:
- Tailored version of the M-band UMD / NASA ST algorithm
- Operational within NDE system since March 15, 2016
- Includes fire mask and additional output: fire radiative power (FRP)
- Provides a 2D array of values representing the fire and other relevant thematic classes of each pixel. This is a new attribute to describe land/water/cloud etc for each pixel
- Provides global coverage (include water)
Users
NESDIS Hazard Mapping System, NOAA aerosol / air quality product suite, NWS Fire Weather Program, USDA Forest Service and other US agencies through the National Interagency Fire Center, NOAA High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR), and a broad community of international users