EO·Atlas
Wildfire
Wildfire EO separates active fire detection, burned-area mapping, smoke monitoring, fuel condition, and damage or severity assessment for fire-front to regional monitoring.[1][2] FIRMS distributes near-real-time active fire detections from MODIS and VIIRS thermal sensors.[2][3] Satellite data supports global systems for tracking fire behavior and analyzing wildfire trends, including MODIS and VIIRS active-fire and burned-area information.[1] Thermal anomaly sensors detect active fire hotspots and fire radiative signals, while vegetation-index mapping supports fuel condition, burn-severity proxies, and post-fire recovery.[1][2][3] Typical outputs include active fire alerts, hotspot confidence, burned-area maps, perimeters, severity proxies, and risk context.[1][2]
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- [1]NASA Science: Wildfires and climate change satellite observationsagency doc2026-05-27
- [2]NASA FIRMS active fire data serviceagency doc2026-05-27
- [3]NASA LANCE FIRMS MODIS and VIIRS active fire text files READMEagency doc2026-05-27
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Wildfire. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V., last reviewed 2026-05-27. https://eo-atlas.org/topics/wildfire (CC BY 4.0)
BibTeX
@misc{eoatlas:topics:wildfire,
title = {Wildfire},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
year = {2026},
note = {Last reviewed 2026-05-27. CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/topics/wildfire}
}