The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access, with minimal delay, to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. FIRMS tools and applications provide geospatial data, products, and services to support the broader fire management community and to inform the general public. Global data are available within 3 hours of satellite observation; U.S. and Canada active fire detections are available in real-time.
Each MODIS active fire/thermal hotspot location represents the center of a 1km pixel that is flagged by the algorithm as containing one or more fires within the pixel. Combined (Terra and Aqua) MODIS NRT active fire products (MCD14DL) are processed using the standard MOD14/MYD14 Fire and Thermal Anomalies algorithm.
MODIS Collection 61 has been available since April 2021. C61 processing does not contain any change to the science algorithm; the update is from changes and enhancements to the calibration approach used in the generation of the Terra and Aqua MODIS Level 1B products. For further details on C61 calibration changes and other changes user is encouraged to refer to the pdf summarizing Collection 6.1 specific changes. For the most up to date information, please refer to the MODIS Collection 6 and 6.1 Version 1.0 Active Fire Product User's Guide (updated May 2021).
Each VIIRS active fire/thermal hotspot location represents the center of a 375m pixel. The VIIRS data complement the MODIS fire detections but the improved spatial resolution of the 375 m data provides a greater response of fires over relatively small areas and has improved nighttime performance. Read more on VIIRS Active Fire products.
Rapid Response is the precursor to Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), Worldview and Worldview Snapshots. Rapid Response provided subset and global swath imagery from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) since 2001 but is now deprecated. MODIS subset and gallery images have also been replaced. Please use Worldview or Worldview Snapshots to view imagery.
Access 900+ global, full-resolution imagery products via a variety of community standards based set of imagery services, such as Web Map Tile Services (WMTS), Tiled Web Map Service (TWMS) and Keyhole Markup Language (KML). Using these services, the imagery can be rendered in your own web client or GIS application.
The new low bandwidth web interface has replaced the Rapid Response MODIS Subsets. In Worldview Snapshots, users can select custom bounding boxes and imagery layers from MODIS on Terra and Aqua satellites and VIIRS on the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 satellites. Users will be allowed to save their preferences with a URL and come back to the URL to retrieve their imagery of choice. If you had a Rapid Response subset bookmarked you can go to the links on the Worldview Snapshots Links to Rapid Response Subsets page.
Imagery available through Rapid Response and LANCE are available freely and may be reproduced for any purpose. We ask that you acknowledge Rapid Response, visit the Citation Policy and Disclaimer page for the full acknowledgement.
To make imagery available in less than 3 hours, expedited Level 0 data are processed using predicted attitude and ephemeris data. In some cases, this can result in significant differences exist between the near real-time LANCE products and the standard products. Data products available through LANCE should not be regarded as science quality and should not be used for quantitative science analyses. Nonetheless, all LANCE products have been reviewed by members of the instrument Science Teams and have been approved for applications purposes.
The Rapid Response system was originally developed in 2001 to provide near real-time data and imagery from the MODIS instrument aboard the Terra Satellite, to meet the needs of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) and other federal and state users. Rapid Response, then known as the MODIS Land Rapid Response System, was made possible through the collaboration between staff of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland and the USFS Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC). By 2007, the Rapid Response System was producing data globally and had incorporated data and imagery from the MODIS instrument on the Aqua satellite. As this rapid response image and information provision capability became more visible, news organizations began requesting custom geo-referenced images for large newsworthy events. Users quickly realized that the imagery and data products produced by Rapid Response could be used for other tasks that required low latency products, including imagery for monitoring air quality, floods, dust storms, snow cover, agriculture, and for public education and outreach. As the original system aged and the demand and expectations for near real-time data increased, NASA's Earth Science Division (ESD) implemented a Near Real-Time (NRT) capability that was closely aligned with the science-processing systems. NASA ESD sponsored the development of LANCE in 2009. NASA's Worldview and GIBS have built on the success of Rapid Response and provide global imagery for MODIS, AIRS, OMI and MLS.
A turn-key, satellite-to-ground communications network, Viasat Real-Time Earth service is changing how data is delivered. Satellite operators can command, downlink, and rapidly disseminate GEO, LEO, and MEO data in a timely and secure manner with real-time streaming to your end point of choice.
End users in agriculture, public utilities, fleet and logistics management, oil and gas, government, environmental, shipping and many other industries rely on getting their data as quickly as possible for critical decision making, and Viasat is strategically positioned to meet these demands. Real-time satellite-to-satellite transmission is under development to provide a virtually zero latency environment for telemetry, tracking and control systems and payload data via LEO-to-Viasat-3 GEO satellite link. Real-Time Earth meets the requirements of today and is innovating for tomorrow. Join us in the data revolution.
Fleet and logistics management are more important to our global economy than ever before. Viasat provides a real-time, automated network so managers can keep track of cargo on at sea, in port and on trucks worldwide.
New sensors and observing platforms are streaming data from all cornersof the globe, from cameras on the seafloor to satellitesorbiting in space. This flood of information promises to provideunprecedented opportunities for understanding Earth systems, but willalso greatly challenge traditional approaches for storing, analyzing,and visualizing data.
From hurricanes to tsunamis, oil spills to rising seas, earthquakes to volcanic eruptions,natural and man-made hazards can threaten our lives and livelihoods. And more oftenthan not, it is critical to have timely information about these events and processesas they occur. By developing the technology to observe and understand our changingplanet in real time, we can meet these challenges and advance scientific knowledge.
Today we have more data about the Earth than ever before. Making senseof these data in order to address problems of global significanceis a major scientific and computational challenge. LDEO scientistsare at the forefrontof developing tools to search, analyze, visualize, and preserveEarth Science data.
Autonomous platforms such as drones, gliders, cabled observatories, and satellites are the futureof Earth observations, allowing us to see every corner of the Earth in realtime. Our scientists are driving innovation in novel sensor system development in order to collect essential measurements of the environment.
NOTE (2024-04-19): Due to modernization work impacting the CopernicusClimate Data Store, production of ECMWF datasets may be disrupted. Theprovider did not specify a planned completion date, so for more details,see theuser forum.
The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service provides the capacity tocontinuously monitor the composition of the Earth's atmosphere at global andregional scales. The main global near-real-time production system is a dataassimilation and forecasting suite providing two 5-day forecasts per day foraerosols and chemical compounds that are part of the chemical scheme.
There is no restriction on use or reproduction and redistribution, with orwithout adaptation, for commercial or non-commercial purposes. This datapolicy applies to the data and information generated within the Copernicusprogramme, i.e., Sentinel mission data and Copernicus service information.
The INTERMAGNET programme exists to establish a global network of cooperating digital magnetic observatories, adopting modern standard specifications for measuring and recording equipment, in order to facilitate data exchanges and the production of geomagnetic products in close to real time.
Where local support is lacking it is a further goal of INTERMAGNET to aid in the establishment of new observatories or to provide assistance with the upgrade and maintenance of existing facilities. Supplemental to this aim is the promotion of modern standards for measuring and recording the Earth's magnetic field. INTERMAGNET is constituted from existing groups whose primary task is one of geomagnetic measurement.
INTERMAGNET has its roots in discussions held at the Workshop on Magnetic Observatory Instruments in Ottawa, Canada, in August 1986 and at the Nordic Comparison Meeting in Chambon La Foret, France, in May 1987. A pilot scheme between the United States and British Geological Surveys was described in the sessions of Division V of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy at the 19th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics in Vancouver, Canada, in August 1987. This scheme used the GOES East satellite to successfully transfer geomagnetic data between the two organisations. INTERMAGNET was founded soon after in order to extend the network of observatories communicating in this way. In order to direct the work and oversee the operations of INTERMAGNET, an Executive Council and an Operations Committee were set up. The first Geomagnetic Information Node (GIN) was established in 1991, the first CD-ROM/DVD was also published in 1991.
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