MODIS Active Fire Data of Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) Region

Compiled MODIS Active fire dataset of HKH region derived from FIRMS (Fire Information for Resource Management System). The data shows the locations of fire incidents within HKH region on various dates in the period between 2000 to 2010 along with the confidence level information of such incidents.

Date ( Publication ): 2012-09-24

Author

Khumaltar , Kathmandu , Khumaltar, Lalitpur , 3226 , Nepal

977-1-5275222
977-1-5003299

Purpose: Disaster event locations and forest fire monitoring in the HKH region.

Status: Completed

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

GEOSS Theme ( Theme )

MODIS
Disaster
Active Fire
Forest fire
servircat
icimod-servir

Keywords ( Place )

Hindu Kush Himalayan Region
HKH

Spatial representation type: Vector

Distance: 1 km

Metadata language: eng

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

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Reference system identifier: WGS 1984

Distributor

ICIMOD - Mr. Govinda Joshi ( Associate GIS Specialist )

Khumaltar , Kathmandu , Khumaltar, Lalitpur , 3226 , Nepal

977-1-5275222
977-1-5003299

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Statement: The MODIS Active fire data derived from FIRMS (https://earthdata.nasa.gov/data/near-real-time-data/firms) website.

File identifier: eee4715e-dcf6-45a6-a99d-f2d26f14c837 XML

Metadata language: eng

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2020-09-08T14:00:22

Metadata standard name: ISO 19115:2003/19139

Author

ICIMOD - Mr. Sameer Bajracharya ( GIS Database Assistant )

Khumaltar , Kathmandu , Khumaltar, Lalitpur , 3226 , Nepal

977-1-5275222
977-1-5003299

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