Imaging · collection · 2026
Circumpolar Fire Polygons with NBR, dNBR, RdNBR Metrics and Ecoregions, 1986-2020
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.3334/ornldaac/2477
This dataset contains polygons of retrievable fire boundaries across the circumpolar region attributed with pre-fire and post-fire normalized burn ratio (NBR), differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), relative differenced normalized burn ratio (RdNBR), and terrestrial ecoregions.
Description
The dataset is separated into three regions: North America, Europe, and Asia; each saved in an appropriate projection and with the years of data available from that region.
Historical fire perimeters were available from 1986 to 2020 for North America. Fires from Europe and Asia were available from 2003 to 2016. Polygon geometries were simplified and processed to represent each fire with a single polygon.
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Google Earth Engine was used to calculate the mean pre-fire and post-fire NBR both within the polygon and in a buffer around the fire. The buffer values were used to adjust NBR values to account for differences in reflectance between image acquisition dates not related to the fire. The data are provided in GeoPackage format.
Links
Get the data
- Data set Landing Page DOI URL doi.org/10.3334/ornldaac/2477 ↗
landing page · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/nacp/FireBoundaries_CircPolarRegion/comp/FireBoundaries… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3995244801-ORNL_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Collection Bundle URL data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/protected/bundle/FireBoundaries_CircPolarRegion_2477.zip ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- PNG daac.ornl.gov/NACP/guides/FireBoundaries_CircPolarRegion_Fig1.png ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search?q=FireBoundaries_CircPolarRegion_2477&ac=true ↗
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download · from NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/circumpolar-fire-polygons-with-nbr-dnbr-rdnbr-metrics-… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3995244801-ORNL_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=f7def09d-0fc2-4f51-9c7e-8d3de0a1b… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3995244801-ORNL_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Burned Area · Computer · COMPUTERS · Fire Disturbance · Fire Occurrence
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Life Sciences · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Image 75%
Provenance · 2 source records, 21 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C3995244801-ORNL_CLOUD | 8 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | f7def09d-0fc2-4f51-9c7e-8d3de0a1b30a | 5 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:computer | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecological-dynamics/fire-ecology/fire-disturbance | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecological-dynamics/fire-ecology/fire-occurrence | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/human-dimensions/natural-hazards/wildfires/burned-area | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:computers | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |