Satellite Services Division Fire Detection Program

Map viewer: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm

Introduction

The SSD Fire Program Hazard Mapping System displays five datasets on this Geographic Information System (GIS) web site. The site is run by the Satellite Services Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

SSD Fire Products Home: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/index.html

SSD Home: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/

Data Available:

Data from different satellites are available for display. The Analyzed Fires layer represents the product of all the other satellites’ data as well as analysis. The other layers show raw, more specific data that has not been analyzed much.

Data Range:

Data includes all regions of the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. Fires from the automatic detection algorithms outside the US may be included in some of the images, but they have not been quality controlled. Only the fires within the US have been scrutinized by the analysts.

The HMS product is made twice a day (approximately 4pm and 11pm Eastern time).

For update dates and times go here: http://nhis7.wwb.noaa.gov/website/SSDFire/update.htm

Data from the HMS, ABBA-GOES, FIMMA-AVHRR, and MODIS layers are available for download here: http://gp16.wwb.noaa.gov/FIRE/fire.html. The archive includes up to the last 400 records, or about two years of data. It can be downloaded as a text, GIS, or graphic file.

Data Layers:

Analyzed Fires From Satellites

GOES-3hr

GOES-24hr

AVHRR

MODIS

Fire Potential Outlook

Interstates

Lakes

Rivers

Counties

Data Collection:

The HMS (Hazard Mapping System) is an interactive processing system that allows the trained satellite analysts in the Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB), within the Satellite Services Division (SSD), to manually integrate data from various automated fire detection algorithms with GOES and polar (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Fire Algorithm (MODIS)) images. The result is a quality controlled display of the locations of fires and significant smoke plumes detected by meteorological satellites.

Individual Fire Layers:

Hazard Mapping System (HMS)

ABBA - Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm

FIMMA - Fire Identification Mapping and Monitoring Algorithm

MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Fire Algorithm

DMSP/OLS - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Operational Linescan System Nighttime Lights Algorithm

Data Analysis:

The HMS data is promoted above the others because it has been carefully prepared by trained analysts and is superior in quality to the other data sets.

The fire sizes depicted in the product are primarily determined by the field of view of the satellite instrument, or the resolution of the analysis tool. They should not be used to estimate specific fire perimeters. The orientation and precise location of the data becomes distorted and the representation is no longer valid if the user zooms in too much.

For more details on analysis, see the individual layer’s page (links are above).

Presentation/Features:

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ArcIMS by ESRI software is used.

The WF-ABBA system uses multi-spectral GOES imagery (visible, 3.9 and 10.7 microns). The GOES instantaneous field of view at nadir is 4x4 km.

The AVHRR instantaneous field of view at nadir is 1x1 km.

Maps can be printed. Data can be downloaded from the archives.

Users:

The public and government are the intended users.

Contact:

Authors: Donna McNamara; Brian Hughes and Nancy Merckle (template)
HMS Development Team: Donna McNamara, Rob Fennimore, Tim Kasheta, Mark Ruminski, George Stephens and Marlene Patterson.

FIMMA SSD Deveopment team: Donna McNamara and Yi Song
CoastWatch team (provides geo-corrected data): John Sapper, Peter Hollemans, Jill Wemmer and Dave Donahue

Contact Information:

SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov

SSDWebmaster@noaa.gov

System Requirements:

A current web browser is all that’s needed.