Summary of GOFC- Long Term Fire Goals

1. Summary of GOFC- Long Term Fire Goals • Geostationary Global Fire Network: • Providing operational standard fire products (active fire) in a timely fashion (GOES/MSG/MTSAT) • Common formats for detected fires • Minimum metadata (source/ time/lat/long-confidence) • Near real time availability

2. Summary of GOFC-Fire goals • Polar Orbiters: • Operational moderate resolution long-term global fire products to meet user requirements (AVHRR>NPP-VIIRS) – active fire/ burned area • Non-operational moderate resolution systems providing systematic fire products (ATSR, MODIS, VEGETATION, etc) • Distributed ground stations providing regional products of known accuracy (active fire / burned area) • Standard products ? • Common formats for detected fires • Minimum metadata (source/ time/lat/long-confidence) • Near real time availability • Operational high resolution data allowing post-fire assessments and analysis • Systematic high resolution data allowing post-fire assessments and analysis ( Landsat / SPOT / ASTER) • Acquisition strategy • Availability / affordability • Timeliness of availability

3. Summary of GOFC-Fire goals • Emissions Product Suites - developed and implemented at the regional scale generating annual estimates • Input data (partial or complete suites) available • Satellite emissions products – GOME, MOPITT, TOMS • Emissions estimates provided • Product Accuracies - fire validation sites and protocols established, accuracy assessment provided for operational and systematic products. Validation sites being used as a test bed for new or enhanced products - emissions validation

4. Summary of GOFC-Fire goals • Enhanced User products e.g. - operational multi-source active fire data combined w. GIS products • initial regional focus • Web based access • Timeliness • User Awareness– increased understanding of the utility of satellite fire products for global change research, resource management and policy

5. Areas for GOFC- Fire Activities: • Improving access to current satellite data for fire monitoring and enhancing existing products to meet user needs – e.g. providing data to the users • Helping to develop the user community – strengthening regional networks of fire data users – e.g. encouraging lateral transfer of appropriate technology, by providing consistent and reliable data • Demonstrating current capabilitiesand new technologies for fire monitoring – e.g. implementing operational pilot projects – what case can be made from previous studies? • Articulating the current and future remote sensing needs for fire monitoring and securing the long-term operational provision of fire information – e.g. recommendations to CEOS • Research and Development priorities e.g. developing new techniques - building a foundation for future operational systems – identifying opportunities for technology infusion and mechanisms for the transfer of technology and methods from research to operational mode

6. WGISS TEST FACILITY ACTIVITIES DMSP ETC GOFC ETC ETC • Generally Applicable Services – e.g. IDN, Mocha, Z39.50 prot. • GOFC Project Related IT Activities – e.g. World Fire Web, Vega 2000 GOFC Regional Networks • Generally Applicable Services across regions – e.g. DIAL • Project Specific Activities – e.g. Network to Bangkok C. Africa Siberia SEASIA ETC Thailand Vietnam Philippines Malaysia Laos Cambodia

7. GOFC Fire: Early Prescriptive Demo SE Asia • SE Asia Fire Multi-source Web Mapping • Merged data sets of AVHRR, TRMM, DMSP, ATSR, GMS, MODIS etc • GIS framework – regional/national application driven • Rapid response / 48 hr turn around ? • Initial site > subsequent mirror activities • Training component ? • Outreach • Targeted Policy Demos – leverage

8. GOFC Fire Working Group Example Deliverable —WWW Multi-source Fire Detection System Return Data MODIS GMS ATSR WWW portal(s) AVHRR Query Other DMSP Combine fire and other data sources on the fly Data Source Providers with a common format product and interface

9. SE Asia ‘community’ Fire Demo – Web mapping operational test (12 months) • WGISS GOFC TF Workshop (Nov ‘00) • Needs from the WGISS Test Facility to support GOFC in the short-term • Metadata – access for interrogation • Data access - data base structures • GIS layers sources and compatibility • Networking needs • Assess availability and enable access to different sources to meet Demo needs • Agreement on data base structure / content • Timeliness of availability - expedited service option • Service to combine satellite data /GIS on Web for Demo • Network capacity to enable pilot users to access site

10. Next Steps for Fire Demo • Refine GOFC fire regional status and needs - GOFC Regional Fire Workshop – Tokyo Feb 20/21 ’01 - make sure we have the key players • Engage National GOFC Fire POC’s • Representation from Fire Users or Brokers • Representation from Data Providers • Demo Goals and Schedule • Satellite data • GIS data • Analysis examples of fire management • Networks in place • Sustainability after the Demo • User Capacity Building ?