Recent Advances in Global and Regional Fire Monitoring with the Collection 6 MODIS Fire Products

Louis Giglio, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, Wilfrid Schroeder, NOAA, NESDIS Office of Satellite and Product Operations, College Park, MD, United States, Luigi Boschetti, University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources, Moscow, United States and Christopher Owen Justice, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States
Abstract:
Over the past decade the MODIS active fire and burned area products have achieved widespread scientific- and applications-use in a broad range of studies and programs. Here we describe refinements implemented in the forthcoming Collection 6 MODIS active fire and direct-broadcast burned area products, with an emphasis on operational applications, including the results of our recent validation activities. We additionally discuss the status of ongoing efforts to port these and other refinements to the next generation of fire monitoring sensors, in particular the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).
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