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Description

The Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Thermal Anomalies and Fire Daily (MYD14A1) Version 6.1 data are generated every eight days at 1 kilometer (km) spatial resolution as a Level 3 product. MYD14A1 contains eight consecutive days of fire data conveniently packaged into a single file.

The Science Dataset (SDS) layers include the fire mask, pixel quality indicators, maximum fire-radiative-power (MaxFRP), and the position of the fire pixel within the scan. Each layer consists of daily per pixel information for each of the eight days of data acquisition.

Known Issues

Version Description

The following changes and improvements were implemented for inputs to MODIS Version 6.1 thermal anomalies and fire data products: (1) Version 6.1 Level-1B (L1B) products have been improved by undergoing various calibration changes that include: changes to the response-versus-scan angle (RVS) approach that affects reflectance bands for Aqua and Terra MODIS, corrections to adjust for the optical crosstalk in Terra MODIS infrared (IR) bands, and corrections to the Terra MODIS forward look-up table (LUT) update for the period 2012 – 2017, and (2) A polarization correction has been applied to the L1B Reflective Solar Bands (RSB).

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua
Instruments
MODIS
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
1000 Meters x 1000 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
MODIS Sinusoidal Tiling System
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2002-07-04 to Present
Temporal Resolution
1 Day
Data Partner
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) ,
MODIS Adaptive Processing System, Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/MODAPS)
Concept ID
C2565794059-LPCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
321955
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Land Surface Temperature ,
Fire Occurrence ,
Surface Thermal Properties ,
THERMAL ANOMALIES

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Giglio, L., & Justice, C. (2021). MODIS/Aqua Thermal Anomalies/Fire Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V061 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD14A1.061 Date Accessed: 2026-05-01

File Naming Convention

MYD14A1.A2025209.h18v08.061.2025217235501.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MYD14A1) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2025209), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h18v08), the Version of the data collection (061), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2025217235501), and the Data Format (hdf).

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT VALIDATION

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

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Publications Citing This Dataset

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Escalating landscape fire exposure and its deteriorating global equity: Role of associated population changes, socioeconomic levels, and climate changes Pan, Tong, Wang, Hongjun, Chen, Jiyuan, Fan, Zipei, Song, Xuan Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Fuels Mediate the Influence of Climate Teleconnections on Wildfires in Dryland Ecosystems Qu, Yuquan, Veraverbeke, Sander, Miralles, Diego G., Fan, Jingfang, Vereecken, Harry, Montzka, Carsten Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
The contribution of fires to PM2.5 and population exposure in the Asia Pacific region Lu, Hua, Xie, Min, Wang, Nan, Liu, Bojun, Jiang, Jinyue, Zhuang, Bingliang, Zhang, Ying, Wu, Meixuan, Yang, Jianfeng, Lv, Kunqin, Ma, Danyang Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Mapping and assessment of slash-and-burn farming in Palawan, Philippines using various fire and burnt area products Canlas, Cara Patricia I., Blanco, Ariel C. Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Impact of wildfires on regional ozone and PM2. 5: Considering the light absorption of Brown carbon Choi, Minsu, Zhang, Jie, Zhang, Yuwei, Fan, Jiwen, Li, Xinghua, Ying, Qi Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Land Surface Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
A tuning-free moderate-scale burned area detection algorithma case study in chornobyl-contaminated region Hu, Jun, Kotsuki, Shunji, Igarashi, Yasunori, Yang, Ziping, Talerko, Mykola, Tischenko, Olga, Protsak, Valentin, Kirieiev, Serhii Reflectance, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Annual and Seasonal Patterns of Burned Area Products in Arctic-Boreal North America and Russia for 20012020 Clelland, Andrew A., Marshall, Gareth J., Baxter, Robert, Potter, Stefano, Talucci, Anna C., Rady, Joshua M., Genet, Helene, Rogers, Brendan M., Natali, Susan M. Reflectance, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Burned Area, Emissions, Forests, Carbon, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Reforestation, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Fire Dynamics, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Albedo
A wildfire growth prediction and evaluation approach using Landsat and MODIS data Radocaj, Dorijan, Jurisic, Mladen, Gasparovic, Mateo Reflectance, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Assessing the accuracy of MODIS MCD64A1 C6 and FireCCI51 burned area products in Mediterranean ecosystems Katagis, Thomas, Gitas, Ioannis Z. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Land Surface Temperature, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Cascading Delays in the Monsoon Rice Growing Season and Postmonsoon Agricultural Fires Likely Exacerbate Air Pollution in North India Liu, T., Mickley, L. J., Patel, P. N., Gautam, R., Jain, M., Singh, S., BalwinderSingh, DeFries, R. S., Marlier, M. E. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Reflectance, Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Detecting and quantifying residue burning in smallholder systemsAn integrated approach using Sentinel-2 data Deshpande, Monish Vijay, Pillai, Dhanyalekshmi, Jain, Meha Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Regional-scale fire severity mapping of Eucalyptus forests with the Landsat archive Dixon, Dan J., Callow, J. Nikolaus, Duncan, John M.A., Setterfield, Samantha A., Pauli, Natasha Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
The New Transamazonian Highway: BR-319 and Its Current Environmental Degradation Lima, Mendelson, Santana, Dthenifer Cordeiro, Junior, Ismael Cavalcante Maciel, Costa, Patricia Monique Crivelari da, Oliveira, Pedro Paulo Gomes de, Azevedo, Raul Pio de, Silva, Rogerio de Souza, Marinho, Ubiranei de Freitas, Silva, Valdinete da, Souza, Juliana Aparecida Arantes de, Rossi, Fernando Saragosa, Delgado, Rafael Coll, Teodoro, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro, Teodoro, Paulo Eduardo, Silva Junior, Carlos Antonio da Land Surface Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Burned Area
Identifying the density of grassland fire points with kernel density estimation based on spatial distribution characteristics Shuo, Zhen, Jingyu, Zhang, Zhengxiang, Zhang, Jianjun, Zhao Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Estimation of Field-Level NOx Emissions from Crop Residue Burning Using Shen, Yonglin, Jiang, Changmin, Chan, Ka Lok, Hu, Chuli, Yao, Ling Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Evaluating accuracy of four MODIS-derived burned area products for tropical peatland and non-peatland fires Vetrita, Yenni, Cochrane, Mark A, Suwarsono, Priyatna, Muhammad, Sukowati, Kusumaning A D, Khomarudin, Muhammad R Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Global Patterns of Hottest, Coldest, and Extreme Diurnal Variability on Earth Zhao, Yunxia, Norouzi, Hamid, Azarderakhsh, Marzi, AghaKouchak, Amir Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Global search for temporal shifts in fire activity: Potential human influence on southwest Russia and north Australia fire seasons Liu, Tianjia, Mickley, Loretta J, McCarty, Jessica L Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Missing Burns in the High Northern Latitudes: The Case for Regionally Chen, Dong, Shevade, Varada, Baer, Allison, Loboda, Tatiana V. Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Degradation of the Brazilian CerradoInteractions with human disturbance and environmental variables Lopes dos Santos, Gilsonley, Pereira, Marcos Gervasio, Delgado, Rafael Coll, Magistrali, Iris Cristiane, Gomes da Silva, Claudio, Magno Moreira de Oliveira, Carlos, Pedro Bessa Larangeira, Joao, Paula da Silva, Tiago Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Detection of delay in post-monsoon agricultural burning across Punjab, Indiapotential drivers and consequences for air quality Liu, Tianjia, Mickley, Loretta J, Gautam, Ritesh, Singh, Manoj K, DeFries, Ruth S, Marlier, Miriam E Reflectance, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Daily PM2. 5 concentration estimates by county, ZIP code, and census tract in 11 western states 20082018 Reid, Colleen E., Considine, Ellen M., Maestas, Melissa M., Li, Gina Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Remote sensing-based operational modeling of fuel ignitability in Hyrcanian mixed forest, Iran Adab, Hamed, Kanniah, Kasturi Devi, Solaimani, Karim Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Spatio-temporal patterns of extreme fires in Amazonian forests Cano-Crespo, Ana, Traxl, Dominik, Thonicke, Kirsten Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Anisotropy, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Spatial accessibility of anthropogenic fire ignition sources of grassland fire in northeast China Zhang, Zhengxiang, Li, Jianjie, Yu, Shan, Zhao, Jianjun Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Utilization of Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Imagery for Improving Burnt Area Mapping Accuracy Nolde, Michael, Plank, Simon, Riedlinger, Torsten Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Reflectance, Burned Area
A classification scheme to determine wildfires from the satellite record in the cool grasslands of southern CanadaConsiderations for fire occurrence modelling and warning criteria Thompson, Dan K., Morrison, Kimberly Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Estimating the columnar concentrations of black carbon aerosols in China using MODIS products Bao, Fangwen, Li, Ying, Cheng, Tianhai, Gao, Jinhui, Yuan, Shuyun Land Surface Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Persistent fire foci in all biomes undermine the Paris Agreement in Brazil da Silva Junior, Carlos Antonio, Teodoro, Paulo Eduardo, Delgado, Rafael Coll, Teodoro, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro, Lima, Mendelson, de Andrea Pantaleao, Ariane, Baio, Fabio Henrique Rojo, de Azevedo, Gileno Brito, de Oliveira Sousa Azevedo, Glauce Tais, Capristo-Silva, Guilherme Fernando, Arvor, Damien, Facco, Cassiele Uliana Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Land Surface Temperature, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Crop residue burning practices across north India inferred from household survey dataBridging gaps in satellite observations Liu, Tianjia, Mickley, Loretta J., Singh, Sukhwinder, Jain, Meha, DeFries, Ruth S., Marlier, Miriam E. Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Diagnosing spatial biases and uncertainties in global fire emissions inventoriesIndonesia as regional case study Liu, Tianjia, Mickley, Loretta J., Marlier, Miriam E., DeFries, Ruth S., Khan, Md Firoz, Latif, Mohd Talib, Karambelas, Alexandra Land Surface Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Reflectance, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Burned Area
Tracing devastating fires in Portugal to a snow archive in the Swiss Osmont, Dimitri, Brugger, Sandra, Gilgen, Anina, Weber, Helga, Sigl, Michael, Modini, Robin L., Schworer, Christoph, Tinner, Willy, Wunderle, Stefan, Schwikowski, Margit Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Influence of straw burning on urban air pollutant concentrations in Northeast China Wang, Zhenzhen, Zhao, Jianjun, Xu, Jiawen, Jia, Mingrui, Li, Han, Wang, Shijun Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Collective impacts of biomass burning and synoptic weather on surface PM2.5 and CO in Northeast China Li, Yichen, Liu, Jane, Han, Han, Zhao, Tianliang, Zhang, Xun, Zhuang, Bingliang, Wang, Tijian, Chen, Huimin, Wu, Yue, Li, Mengmeng Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Crop residue open field burning in Pakistan; multi-year high spatial resolution emission inventory for 20002014 Azhar, Ramisha, Zeeshan, Muhammad, Fatima, Khunsa Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Risk assessment and regionalization of fire disaster based on analytic hierarchy process and MODIS dataA case study of Inner Mongolia, China Jia, Xu, Gao, Yong, Wei, Baocheng, Wang, Shan, Tang, Guodong, Zhao, Zhonghua Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
The influence of fire frequency on the structure and botanical composition of savanna ecosystems Ribeiro, Natasha, Ruecker, Gernot, Govender, Navashni, Macandza, Valerio, Pais, Aurelio, Machava, Domingos, Chauque, Aniceto, Lisboa, Sa Nogueira, Bandeira, Romana Land Surface Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Burned Area
Wildfire detection probability of MODIS fire products under the constraint of environmental factorsA study based on confirmed ground wildfire records Ying, Lingxiao, Shen, Zehao, Yang, Mingzheng, Piao, Shilong Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Life cycle of bamboo in the southwestern Amazon and its relation to fire events Dalagnol, Ricardo, Wagner, Fabien Hubert, Galvao, Lenio Soares, Nelson, Bruce Walker, Aragao, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Reflectance, Snow Grain Size, Snow Cover
Agricultural fire impacts on ozone photochemistry over the Yangtze River Delta region, East China Li, Mengmeng, Wang, Tijian, Xie, Min, Li, Shu, Zhuang, Bingliang, Chen, Pulong, Huang, Xin, Han, Yong Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Burned area comparisons between prescribed burning permits in southeastern United States and two satellite-derived products Huang, Ran, Zhang, Xiaoyang, Chan, Daniel, Kondragunta, Shobha, Russell, Armistead G., Odman, M. Talat Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
A simple method based on the thermal anomaly index to detect industrial heat sources Xia, Haiping, Chen, Yunhao, Quan, Jinling Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, REFLECTED INFRARED, THERMAL INFRARED, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Visible Radiance
Understanding temporal and spatial distribution of crop residue burning in China from 2003 to 2017 using MODIS data Zhuang, Yan, Li, Ruiyuan, Yang, Hao, Chen, Danlu, Chen, Ziyue, Gao, Bingbo, He, Bin Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Study on climate and grassland fire in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China Liu, Meifang, Zhao, Jianjun, Guo, Xiaoyi, Zhang, Zhengxiang, Tan, Gang, Yang, Jihong Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
Linking land surface phenology and vegetation-plot databases to model terrestrial plant alpha-diversity of the Okavango Basin Revermann, Rasmus, Finckh, Manfred, Stellmes, Marion, Strohbach, Ben, Frantz, David, Oldeland, Jens Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Burned Area
High-resolution historical emission inventories of crop residue burning in fields in China for the period 19902013 Li, Jing, Li, Yaqi, Bo, Yu, Xie, Shaodong Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
A high-resolution emission inventory of crop burning in fields in China based on MODIS Thermal Anomalies/Fire products Huang, Xin, Li, Mengmeng, Li, Jianfeng, Song, Yu Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
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Variables

The table below lists the variables contained within a single granule for this dataset. Variables often contain observed or derived geophysical measurements collected from a variety of sources, including remote sensing instruments on satellite and airborne platforms, field campaigns, in situ measurements, and model outputs. The terms variable, parameter, scientific data set, layer, and band have been used across NASA’s Earth science disciplines; however, variable is the designated nomenclature in NASA’s Common Metadata Repository (CMR). Variable metadata attributes such as Name, Description, Units, Data Type, Fill Value, Valid Range, and Scale Factor allow users to efficiently process and analyze the data. The full range of attributes may not be applicable to all variables. Additional information on variable attributes is typically available in the data, user guide, and/or other product documentation.

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Name Description Units Data Type Fill Value Valid Range Scale Factor Offset
FireMask Confidence of fire Class Flag uint8 0 1 to 9 N/A N/A
MaxFRP Maximum Fire Radiative Power Megawatts uint32 0 0 to 180000 0.1 N/A
QA Pixel Quality Indicators Bit Field uint8 N/A 0 to 6 N/A N/A
Sample Position of fire pixel within scan Number uint16 N/A 0 to 1353 N/A N/A
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