MODIS active fire records used in analysis of extreme wildfires

Data are from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensors. Locations (latitude and longitude) identify active wildfires based on thermal anomalies. Each fire observation is accompanied by a measure of confidence and fire radiative power (FRP; megawatts). "sat" denotes whether data are from the Terra (T) or Aqua (A) satellites. Data are broken into monthly files.

Data references

Giglio, L., Descloitres, J., Justice, C. O. & Kaufman, Y. J. An Enhanced Contextual Fire Detection Algorithm for MODIS. Remote Sensing of Environment 87, 273-282 (2003). https://doi.org:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00184-6

Giglio, L., Schroeder, R. L., Hall, J. V. & Justice, C. MODIS Collection 6 and Collection 6.1 Active Fire Product User’s Guide. NASA. (2021).