Wildfire

Data source provider

MODIS Aqua and Terra satellites

Use cases

Climate-related disclosures, Exposure quantification, Financial stability monitoring, Investment and lending decisions, Macro-economic modelling, Scenario analysis, Stress testing

Data group

Exposure to physical risks

Metric Type

Physical vulnerability

Methodology/ Standard / Classification/ Taxonomy / Reference

MODIS

Unit (e.g. CO2)

Fire mask, pixel quality indicators, maximum fire radiative power (MaxFRP), and the position of the fire pixel within the scan

Dimension (e.g. Sector, Customer)

By Country (map)

Time horizon

Backward-looking

Link

https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/dataprod/mod14.php

Frequency

Latest update

Time series

2000-current

Accessibility

Public

Observation on data availability/gaps

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.