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Global spatial and temporal distribution of vegetation fire as determined from satellite observations
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Vegetation fires occur worldwide, all year round and inject enormous amounts of trace gases and particles into the atmosphere. Nonetheless, there is still great uncertainty as to the global spatial and temporal distribution of vegetation fires. Twenty one months of global, daily, daytime satellite data at 1 km resolution, from April 1992 to December 1993, were processed in order to determine the positions of active vegetation fires. Results from the first twelve months of the study period are presented here. This is the first time that such a global study has been carried out using a long time series data set and a single processing technique. The data set and results discussed provide much improved information on the spatial variability and the seasonality of vegetation fires. They will be of use in the global mapping and modelling of emissions due to biomass burning as well as in the study of the role of fire in land cover maintenance and change. We show that half of the fires detected were on the African continent and over 70% within the tropical belt. Fires were detected in more than 6% of 1 km2 pixels, over land, during the 12-month period and savanna grasslands accounted for over one third of this area.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Dwyer, E., Pinnock, S., Gregoire, J.-M., & Pereira, J. M. C.
- Venue
- International Journal of Remote Sensing
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2000-01
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 6-7
- Pages
- 1289-1302
- ISSN
- 0143-1161 (ISSN-L)
- 1366-5901
- OpenAlex
- W2163960322
- Cited by
- 233
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 10.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Remote Sensing (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- European Commission
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality › Fire Detection and Safety Systems
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Keywords
- vegetation fires, fire detection, satellite remote sensing, biomass burning emissions, fire seasonality, savanna grassland, tropical fires, land cover change, fire mapping
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