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Thanks for getting in touch and pointing this out. It looks like a scaling issue with latitude - we will look in to it more and work on a fix.

The attributes for MODIS and VIIRS can be found here: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/tools/firms/active-fire-data-attributes-modis-viirs

The Esri World Imagery Service terms of use identified for this service is on their website (https://goto.arcgis.com/termsofuse/viewtermsofuse) as well as a snapshot of it is provided below. There is also some additional interesting guidance available on the OSM Wiki at https://wiki.openstreetmap.or...

Regarding question 1: Data losses due to outages in the MODIS and VIIRS record, where data was not collected, are available at https://modaps.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/services/production/outages.html. This resource can be used to compare the observed periods of missing data relative to these outage pe...

Hi Conrad - I have been in touch with the team on the CSPP LEO forum and understand they are following up with you directly.
Let us know if you have any additional questions for us.

Hi Conrad, It looks like v2.1 is the current version of the VIIRS active fire detection algorithm in CSPP. CSSP uses the NOAA fire algorithm. FIRMS uses the NASA algorithm - I am not sure what the differences in the algorithm. I have made an enquiry but not heard back yet. There will be a difference...

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Hi Conrad,
You are looking to understand the differences between TA from a direct readout station and FIRMS. As you point out this could be due to a number of things but most likely the algorithm (including version) that is being used. What algorithm are you using?
Diane

Sorry this post slipped through the net - so apologies for the later reply! There are data for the period you are interested in so, please try again and if you still have problems email support@earthdata.nasa.gov with the email address you used for the query so we can check what is happening. As an ...

Hi - Thanks for your interest in FIRMS. 1. You are correct - the archived FIRMS MODIS data colums columns 'brightness' and 'bright_t31' are both temperatures in Kelvin measured by different wavelengths (4 or 11 um as in the paper). You can find out about the attributes here: https://www.earthdata.na...

Thank you for letting us know. We had a system reboot and one of our services failed to restore. It should be fixed now. Let us know if you experience any more issues.