This page describes the data displayed on the North Australia and Rangelands Fire Information website (www.firenorth.org.au), hosted by Charles Darwin University.
The Rain 600-1000 Layer is the 600mm and 1000mm isohyet derived from Australian Bureau of Meteorology monthly rainfall data from July 1969 to June 2009.
Data were compiled to fully encompass the north Australian wet season, each "Rainyear" is the sum of all monthly rainfall over the period 1 July to 30 June.
The KNP Breaks, KNP Pts, PRNP Breaks, W Desert, Kim Areas, Kim Pts Layers are boundaries used for fire management by groups who have provided the NAFI service with the relevant shapefiles.
The Fire Weather Dist. Layer shows the boundaries of the Fire Weather districts used by the Bureau of Meteorology in Fire Danger Index forecasts.
More details:Go to http://www.bom.gov.au/nt/forecasts/fire-map.shtml
The Current Curing 250m and Current Curing 5km Layers show the current "dryness" of the landscape in the NT based on MODIS satellite imagery using a 4 day rolling maximum Normalized Difference Vegetation Index. They are produced by Landgate WA.
Spatial Resolution: 250m x 250m pixels (at Nadir) for the Curing 250m layer and 5000m x 5000m (at Nadir) for the Curing 5km layer
More details:Go to http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au
The Fire history 1K 97-10 Layers are derived from annual burnt area data produced by WA Landgate based on satellite imagery sourced from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer on National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) Satellites
Spatial Resolution: 1.1 x 1.1km pixels (at Nadir)
More details:Go to www.landgate.wa.gov.au
The Fire History 250m (00-24 and 15-24) Layers are produced by the Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research at Charles Darwin University. They are derived from satellite imagery sourced from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Terra satellite and the Multispectral instrument (MSI) on the ESA Sentinel-2 satellite.
Spatial Resolution: 250m x 250m pixels (at Nadir)
Metadata details:
Fire Frequency 2000-2024
Late Fire Frequency 2000-2024
Year Last Burnt 2000-2024
Fire Frequency 2015-2024
Late Fire Frequency 2015-2024
Year Last Burnt 2015-2024
The Firescars 250m (attributed by month and by year)Layers are produced by the Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research at Charles Darwin University. They are derived from satellite imagery sourced from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Terra satellite and the Multispectral instrument (MSI) on the ESA Sentinel-2 satellite.
Spatial Resolution: 250m x 250m pixels (at Nadir)
Metadata:
Fire Scars 2000
Fire Scars 2001
Fire Scars 2002
Fire Scars 2003
Fire Scars 2004
Fire Scars 2005
Fire Scars 2006
Fire Scars 2007
Fire Scars 2008
Fire Scars 2009
Fire Scars 2010
Fire Scars 2011
Fire Scars 2012
Fire Scars 2013
Fire Scars 2014
Fire Scars 2015
Fire Scars 2016
Fire Scars 2017
Fire Scars 2018
Fire Scars 2019
Fire Scars 2020
Fire Scars 2021
Fire Scars 2022
Fire Scars 2023
Fire Scars 2024
The Northern Australia HiRes Firescar Layers are based on Sentinel-2 satellite imagery.
- The burnt area mapping for the Darwin region is imported into Google Earth and manually mapped as individual features by the Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service and Bushfires NT.
- The burnt area mapping for the Kakadu Arnhem Land region is produced by the Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research at Charles Darwin University and uses a semi automated process with close manual editing.
- The mapping for Queensland is produced by the Remote Sensing Centre, Queensland Department of Environment and Science.It is available from the
Queensland Spatial Catalogue - QSpatial using the search term "fire scars'.
Spatial Resolution:Darwin HiRes mapping approx. 20m x 20m pixels (at Nadir); Kakadu-Arnhem Land and Queensland HiRes mapping approx. 10m x 10m pixels (at Nadir)
The Pilbara-WA Deserts HiRes Firescar Layers are based on Sentinel-2 satellite imagery.
- The burnt area mapping for the Pilbara - Western Desert (mostly Gibson Desert) region is sourced from the Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis group within the WA Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions using close manual editing.
- The burnt area mapping for the Great Victoria Desert Region is sourced from the Great Victoria Desert Biodiversity Trust (http://gvdbiodiversitytrust.org.au/) and is mapped using close manual editing.
Go Here for more details.
Spatial Resolution: Approx 30m x 30m pixels (at Nadir)
The Hotspots Layers are sourced from Geoscience Australia and Landgate WA and are derived from automated algorithm analaysis of satellite imagery produced by the following sensors:
- Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA Terra and Aqua satellites
- Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer on National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) Satellites
- Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on NASA Suomi NPP and JPSS satellites
- Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) on the Himawari 8 Geostaionary satellite.
The hotspot data is then allocated symbology to suit the display of northern fires.
Spatial Resolution: approx. 1 km x 1 km pixels (at Nadir)
More details on NAFI burnt area data Here
More details on NAFI hotspot data Here
More details on externally sourced data:Go to Landgate Firewatch,
Geoscience Australia
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