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Datasets/MCD64A1
d006·dataset

Where land has burned

MODIS Combined Burned Area Monthly 500m
LP DAAC MCD64A1 500 m monthly HDF-EOS2GeoTIFF (via tool) landfirecarbon

The 25-year monthly burned-area record. Drives Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED) carbon-flux estimates.

MODIS Combined Burned Area Monthly 500m

The 25-year monthly burned-area record. Drives Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED) carbon-flux estimates.

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Gotchas

  • Burn-date is the day-of-year; analyze as ordinal, not just presence/absence
  • Misses small fires (under ~25 ha typically)
  • VNP64A1 is the VIIRS-era equivalent for higher resolution
  • Other datasets: d050

Sources

The access details, code, and sources below are kept in the original English for technical accuracy.

Quick access (cloud-direct)

mcd64a1_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="MCD64A1",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream from LP DAAC
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.

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