AI-generated Key Takeaways
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This dataset provides global fire boundaries based on the MODIS dataset MCD64A1, identifying each fire event with a unique number.
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The data covers the period from January 1, 2001, to January 1, 2021.
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The dataset is available under the CC-BY-4.0 license.
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It can be explored and analyzed using the Google Earth Engine platform.
- Dataset Availability
- 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z–2021-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Dataset Provider
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Global Wildfire Information System
- Tags
Description
Fire boundaries based on the MODIS dataset MCD64A1. The data were computed based on an algorithm that relies on encoding in a graph structure a space-time relationship among patches of burned areas.
Each fire has a unique number identifying the event.
Table Schema
Table Schema
| Name | Type | Description |
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Id
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INT | Numeric id of the fire |
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InitialDate
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INT | Initial fire date in milliseconds since 1970-01-01 |
Terms of Use
Terms of Use
Citations
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Artés, T., Oom, D., De Rigo, D., Durrant, T. H., Maianti, P., Libertà, G., & San-Miguel-Ayanz, J. (2019). A global wildfire dataset for the analysis of fire regimes and fire behaviour. Scientific data, 6(1), 1-11. doi:10.1038/s41597-019-0312-2
DOIs
Explore with Earth Engine
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Folder name for a series of tables. var folder = 'JRC/GWIS/GlobFire/v2/DailyPerimeters' ; // List available tables using ee.data.listAssets with asynchronous callback. function printAssetList ( listAssetsOutput ) { print ( 'Asset list:' , listAssetsOutput [ 'assets' ]); } ee . data . listAssets ( folder , {}, printAssetList ); // Define a table name (table id) identified from the list of available tables. var tableName = 'JRC/GWIS/GlobFire/v2/DailyPerimeters/2020' ; var computeArea = function ( f ) { return f . set ({ 'area' : f . area ()}); }; // Import a selected table as a FeatureCollection. var features = ee . FeatureCollection ( tableName ). map ( computeArea ); // Visualization parameters for linear fire area gradient. var visParams = { palette : [ 'f5ff64' , 'b5ffb4' , 'beeaff' , 'ffc0e8' , '8e8dff' , 'adadad' ], min : 0 , max : 600000000 , opacity : 0.8 , }; // Paint fire perimeters to an image using computed fire area as the value property. var image = ee . Image (). float (). paint ( features , 'area' ); // Display the image to the map (include features for exploring with Inspector). Map . addLayer ( image , visParams , 'GlobFire 2020' ); Map . addLayer ( features , null , 'For Inspector' , false ); Map . setCenter ( - 121.23 , 39.7 , 12 );
