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Fire Frequency - AVHRR, Australian algorithm 

Ver: 1.0
Status of Data: completed
Update Frequency: asNeeded
Security Classification: unclassified
Record Last Modified: 2025-12-02
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Dataset Created: 2012-03-21
Dataset Published: 2021-09-23
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How to cite this collection:
Maier, S. (2021). Fire Frequency - AVHRR, Australian algorithm. Version 1.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://dx.doi.org/10.25901/b3qz-cp59 
Fire Frequency is derived from a time series of burnt area maps (derived from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR)) and provides the average number of fires affecting an area in the given time period. It is the inverse of the fire return interval. 
Credit
We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. This work was funded by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), an Australian Government NCRIS-enabled project. 
Purpose
This product provides the number of times an area has been affected by fire in a given time period (1997-2011). The resolution of AVHRR of 1.1 km at nadir and the manual interpretation restricts its application to fires larger than about 4 km^2. 
Lineage
Data not provided. 
Method DocumentationData not provided.
Procedure StepsData not provided.
Australia
Temporal Coverage
From 1997-01-01 to 2011-12-31 
Spatial Resolution

Data not provided.

Vertical Extent

Data not provided.

Data Quality Assessment Scope
AVHRR Fire Frequency is derived from manual mapping of fire affected areas using data from AVHRR. It provides the number of times an area has been affected by fire in a given time period (Craig et al, 2002). 
Data Quality Report
Data not provided. 
Data Quality Assessment Outcome
The resolution of AVHRR of 1.1 km at nadir and the manual interpretation restricts its application to fires larger than about 4 km^2. 
ANZSRC - FOR
Climate change impacts and adaptation
Environmental management
Fire ecology
GCMD Sciences
BIOSPHERE - FIRE DYNAMICS
BIOSPHERE - FIRE OCCURRENCE
CLIMATE INDICATORS - FIRE HISTORY
HUMAN DIMENSIONS - BURNED AREA
Horizontal Resolution
1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree
Instruments
AVHRR3
Parameters
fire occurrence
Platforms
NOAA-15
NOAA-16
NOAA-17
NOAA-18
NOAA-19
Temporal Resolution
Weekly - < Monthly
Topic
environment
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Author
Maier, Stefan
Contact Point
Maier, Stefan
Publisher
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Russell-Smith, J., Craig, R., Gill, A.M., Smith, R. and Williams, J. (2002). Australian fire regimes: contemporary patterns (April 1998 - March 2000) and changes since European settlement, Australia State of the Environment Second Technical Paper Series (Biodiversity), Department of the Environment and Heritage, Canberra.
Maier, S.W. and Russell-Smith, J. (2012). Measuring and Monitoring of Contemporary Fire Regimes in Australia using Satellite Remote Sensing. In: Flammable Australia: Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World. CSIRO Publishing
Craig R, Heath B, Raisbeck-Brown N, Steber M, Marsden J and Smith R (2002). The distribution, extent and seasonality of large fires in Australia, April 1998–March 2000, as mapped from NOAA-AVHRR imagery. Australia SoE 2001 Technical Series, Canberra.
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