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MODIS Visual Resources

Examples of MODIS true color images showing hotspot/fire detections:
View as a PowerPoint slideshow (38 MB) or as a PDF file (3 MB).

Monthly Composite Animations of MODIS hotspot/active fire detections:

2011 (Terra and Aqua)
2010 (Terra and Aqua)
2009 (Terra)
2008 (Terra)
2007 (Terra)
2006 (Terra)
2005 (Terra)
2004 (Terra)
2003 (Terra)
April 2002 - March 2003 (Terra)

Featured Image Archive: Archive of featured fire images that have been displayed on the FIRMS home page.

MODIS Collection 5 Active Fire Product User's Guide

The MODIS Collection 5 Active Fire Product User's Guide (Version 2.4) provides the most current information regarding the Terra and Aqua MODIS Active Fire Products. It is intended to provide the end user with practical information regarding their use and misuse, and to explain some of the more obscure and potentially confusing aspects of the fire products and MODIS products in general.

Click here to download the MODIS Fire User's Guide (2.5 MB).

MODIS Burned Area Product User's Guide

The MODIS Collection 5 Burned Area Product User's Guide (Version 2.0) provides the most current information regarding the Terra and Aqua MODIS Burned Area Product.

Click here to download the MODIS Burned Area User's Guide (1.5 MB).




This material is based upon work supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Cooperative Agreement No. NNS06AA04A issued through the Decision Support Program and from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. 
  
The MODIS active fire data is provided by NASA LANCE (Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS).
For more information about NASA LANCE, see http://lance.nasa.gov/
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