VNP64A1: Burned Area Monthly L4 Global 500m SIN Grid

  • The dataset is the daily Suomi NPP NASA VIIRS Burned Area (VNP64A1) Version 1 product, providing monthly, global gridded 500m data on burned area and quality information.

  • It is available from 2014-01-01 to 2019-01-01 and is provided by NASA LP DAAC at the USGS EROS Center.

  • The product utilizes 750m VIIRS imagery and active fire observations, employing VIIRS bands sensitive and insensitive to biomass burning to detect and differentiate fire-caused changes.

  • Key bands in the dataset include Burn_Date, Burn_Date_Uncertainty, QA, First_Day, and Last_Day, all at a 500-meter pixel size.

  • LP DAAC NASA data are freely accessible, with a request to cite the datasets in publications.
NOAA/VIIRS/001/VNP64A1
Dataset Availability
2014-01-01T00:00:00Z–2019-01-01T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.ImageCollection("NOAA/VIIRS/001/VNP64A1")
Cadence
30 Days
Tags
burn change-detection fire land nasa noaa surface viirs

Description

The daily Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) NASA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Burned Area (VNP64A1) Version 1 data product is a monthly, global gridded 500m product containing per-pixel burned area and quality information. The VNP64 burned area mapping approach employs 750m VIIRS imagery coupled with 750m VIIRS active fire observations.

VIIRS bands that are both sensitive and insensitive to biomass burning are used to detect changes caused by fire and to differentiate them from other types of change.

Documentation:

Bands

Pixel Size
500 meters

Bands

Name Units Pixel Size Description
Burn_Date meters

Ordinal day of burn (1-366) for each 500-m grid cell.
Burn_Date_Uncertainty % meters

Estimated uncertainty in date of burn, in days. Unburned, unmapped, and water grid cells are masked out.
QA meters

Quality Assurance Indicators
First_Day meters

First day of the year of reliable change detection
Last_Day meters

Last day of the year of reliable change detection

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

LP DAAC NASA data are freely accessible; however, when an author publishes these data or works based on the data, it is requested that the author cite the datasets within the text of the publication and include a reference to them in the reference list.

Citations

Citations:

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var image = ee.Image('NOAA/VIIRS/001/VNP64A1/2018_12_01');
var visualization = {
  bands: ['Last_Day'],
  min: 250.0,
  max: 320.0,
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  ]
};

Map.setCenter(-119.13, 38.32, 8);
Map.addLayer(image, visualization, 'Last day');
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The daily Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) NASA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Burned Area (VNP64A1) Version 1 data product is a monthly, global gridded 500m product containing per-pixel burned area and quality information. The VNP64 burned area mapping approach employs 750m VIIRS imagery coupled with 750m VIIRS …
NOAA/VIIRS/001/VNP64A1, burn,change-detection,fire,land,nasa,noaa,surface,viirs
2014-01-01T00:00:00Z/2019-01-01T00:00:00Z
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