Burnt Area and Approximate Day of Burn - MODIS, Australian algorithm, Australian coverage

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

This product provides locations of areas affected by fire including the approximate day of burning. Inputs are daily day time observations from MODIS sensors on Terra and Aqua. Observations are atmospherically corrected and the resulting time series is investigated for sudden changes in reflectance, persistent over multiple days. Variations in observation and illumination geometry are taken into account through application of a kernel driven Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) model.

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Field Value
Title Burnt Area and Approximate Day of Burn - MODIS, Australian algorithm, Australian coverage
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/28bd24e4-9d8c-4ca1-a9b0-481c58c47c17
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
stefan.maier@maitec.com.au
Reference Period 01/08/2002 - 28/02/2017
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        110.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        110.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        110.0,
        -44.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "Burnt Area and Approximate Day of Burn - MODIS, Australian algorithm, Australian coverage". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/burnt-area-and-approximate-day-of-burn-modis-australian-algorithm-australian-coverage