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Fire Energetics and Emissions Research

FEER Updates

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19.Mar.2026 - FEERv1.0-G1.4.2 begins production, beginning with December 2025 - earlier dates to be made available later.

04.Dec.2025 - FEERv1.0-G1.2 emissions reached its end of life - FEERv1.0-G1.4.2 forthcoming.

20.Feb.2019 - VIIRS active fire data available as VNPFIRE product.

12.Feb.2019 - FEERv1.0 Emissions processing stream fixed.

About FEER

MODIS pixels at 3.96 microns superimposed over an AMS scene at 3.74 microns MODIS pixels at 3.96 microns superimposed over an RGB image of an AMS scene

MODIS pixels at the 4 micron channel superimposed on an AMS scene.

Our Purpose

To aid in gaining knowledge of the effects that fires have on climate processes and human health using remote sensing methods to characterize fire emission output and distribution.

What we do

  • Work with algorithms to better characterize remote sensing fire data:
    • Duplicate MODIS fire removal algorithm
    • MODIS adjusted FRP algorithm
  • Create data files incorporating these algorithms.
  • Conduct research incorporating this new data to gain understanding of climate:
    • Fire emissions research
    • Northern Sub-Saharan Africa research
  • Create and use MODIS fire visualization tools.