MCD64A1 - Combined Level 3 Direct Broadcast Burned Area Monthly Global 500m SIN Grid

These data are a copy of MODIS data from the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive & Distribution System (LAADS) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC). The copy is potentially only a subset. Below is the description from https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions-and-measurements/products/MCD64A1

MCD64A1 Burned Area Product is a monthly Level-3 gridded 500-meter product containing per-pixel burning and quality information, and tile-level metadata.

The MODIS Collection 6 burned-area mapping approach employs daily 500-m MODIS surface reflectance data coupled with 1-km MODIS active fire observations. The hybrid algorithm applies dynamic thresholds to composite imagery generated from a burn-sensitive vegetation index derived from MODIS short-wave infrared channels 5 and 7, and a measure of temporal texture. Cumulative active fire maps are used to guide the selection of burned and unburned training samples and to guide the specification of prior probabilities. The combined use of active-fire and reflectance data enables the algorithm to adapt regionally over a wide range of pre- and post-burn conditions and across multiple ecosystems.

Shortname: MCD64A1 , Platform: Combined Aqua Terra , Instrument: MODIS , Processing Level: Level-3 , Spatial Resolution: 500 m , Temporal Resolution: monthly , ArchiveSets: 6 , Collection: MODIS Collection 6 (ArchiveSet 6) , PGE Number: PGE134 , File Naming Convention: MCD64A1.AYYYYDDD.hHHvVV.CCC.YYYYDDDHHMMSS.hdf YYYYDDD = Year and Day of Year of acquisition hHH = Horizontal tile number (0-35) vVV = Vertical tile number (0-17) CCC = Collection number YYYYDDDHHMMSS = Production Date and Time , Keywords: Climate Change, Fires, Wildfires

Date (Publication): 2021-04-15T14:05:13

Date (Creation): 2021-04-15T14:05:13

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/0f3d112f9da048a786d3f54e08b4d642

Citation identifier: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) / 0f3d112f9da048a786d3f54e08b4d642

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Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	unknown	Author
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis	support@ceda.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis	support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	unknown	Principal investigator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	unknown	Principal investigator
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis	support@ceda.ac.uk	pointofContact
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	unknown	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

Climate Change
Fires
Wildfires

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Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence https://modaps.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/services/faq/LAADS_Data-Use_Citation_Policies.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under unclassified use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

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Imagery base maps earth cover

Begin date: 2000-02-23T23:55:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/0f3d112f9da048a786d3f54e08b4d642	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/modis/data/MCD64A1	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/search/order/2/MCD64A1--6	LAADS DAAC - Search for Product Files

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/6/MCD64A1/	LAADS DAAC - Data Archive

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/pdf/MODIS_C6_BA_User_Guide_1.2.pdf	Collection 6 MODIS Burned Area Product User's Guide

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/filespec/MODIS/6/MCD64A1	LAADS DAAC - Collection 6 File Specification

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data were downloaded from https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/ to support UK research groups, especially NCEO.

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File identifier: 0f3d112f9da048a786d3f54e08b4d642 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-03-01T03:21:18

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis		support@ceda.ac.uk	Point of contact

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