MOD14A2.061: Terra Thermal Anomalies & Fire 8-Day Global 1km

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• The MOD14A2 V6.1 dataset provides 8-day global fire mask composites at 1km resolution from 2000-02-18 to 2024-11-24.

• It includes a fire mask layer indicating fire confidence and a quality information layer with land/water and day/night details.

• The dataset is freely available for use, sale, and redistribution from NASA LP DAAC at the USGS EROS Center.

• Users can explore and analyze this dataset using Google Earth Engine.

• Comprehensive documentation, including a User's Guide and ATBD, is available for users.

Dataset Availability

2000-02-18T00:00:00Z–2025-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dataset Provider

NASA LP DAAC at the USGS EROS Center

Earth Engine Snippet

ee.ImageCollection("MODIS/061/MOD14A2")

Cadence

8 Days

Tags

8-day fire global modis nasa terra usgs

mod14a2

Description

The MOD14A2 V6.1 dataset provides 8-day fire mask composites at 1km resolution. It contains the maximum value of the individual pixel classes over the compositing period. Along with the fire mask, an associated quality information layer is also provided.

Documentation:

• User's Guide

• Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD)

• General Documentation

Bands

Pixel Size
1000 meters

Bands

Name	Pixel Size	Description
FireMask	meters	Confidence of fire
Bitmask for FireMask Bits 0-3: Fire mask pixel classes 1: Not processed (obsolete; not used since Collection 1) 2: Not processed (other reason) 3: Non-fire water pixel 4: Cloud (land or water) 5: Non-fire land pixel 6: Unknown (land or water) 7: Fire (low confidence, land or water) 8: Fire (nominal confidence, land or water) 9: Fire (high confidence, land or water)
QA	meters	Pixel quality indicators
Bitmask for QA Bits 0-1: Land/water state 0: Water 1: Coast 2: Land 3: Missing data Bit 2: Night/day 0: Night 1: Day

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

MODIS data and products acquired through the LP DAAC have no restrictions on subsequent use, sale, or redistribution.

Citations

Citations:

• Please visit LP DAAC 'Citing Our Data' page for information on citing LP DAAC datasets.

DOIs

• https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD14A2.061

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('MODIS/061/MOD14A2')
                  .filter(ee.Filter.date('2018-01-01', '2018-05-01'));
var fireMask = dataset.select('FireMask');
var fireMaskVis = {
  min: 3.0,
  max: 8.0,
};
Map.setCenter(6.746, 46.529, 2);
Map.addLayer(fireMask, fireMaskVis, 'Fire Mask');

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MOD14A2.061: Terra Thermal Anomalies & Fire 8-Day Global 1km

The MOD14A2 V6.1 dataset provides 8-day fire mask composites at 1km resolution. It contains the maximum value of the individual pixel classes over the compositing period. Along with the fire mask, an associated quality information layer is also provided. Documentation: User's Guide Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) General Documentation

MODIS/061/MOD14A2, 8-day,fire,global,modis,nasa,terra,usgs

2000-02-18T00:00:00Z/2025-09-22T00:00:00Z

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Google Earth Engine

https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets

• https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD14A2.061
• https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD14A2.061