articleJournal of Geophysical Research BiogeosciencesMar 1, 2013BRONZE OA

Analysis of daily, monthly, and annual burned area using the fourth‐generation global fire emissions database (GFED4)

LGLouis GiglioJTJames T. RandersonGRGuido R. van der Werf

University of Maryland, College Park · University of California, Irvine · +1 more institution

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Abstract We describe the fourth generation of the Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED4) burned area data set, which provides global monthly burned area at 0.25° spatial resolution from mid‐1995 through the present and daily burned area for the time series extending back to August 2000. We produced the full data set by combining 500 m MODIS burned area maps with active fire data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS) and the Along‐Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) family of sensors. We found that the global annual area burned for the years 1997 through 2011 varied from 301 to 377Mha, with an average of 348Mha. We assessed the interannual variability and trends in…

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  • Environmental science
  • Climatology
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Advanced very-high-resolution radiometer
  • Radiometer
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Global change
  • Meteorology
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