Fire hotspots (NOAA, University of Maryland, US Forest Service)

Screenshot of fire hotspots
Data provided by:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Data accessibility:export data, export map, visualization of data (e.g. web GIS or real time monitoring)
Link to the data:
File type:asc, asc, GeoTIFF, kml1, kml, kmz, png, png
Data type:hazard specific data
Hazard:Forest Fire
Disaster cycle phase:Disaster Risk Management, Response, Recovery
Satellites and Sensors:Suomi NPP
Spatial coverage:Global
Spatial resolution:nadir 0.742 km x 0.776 km
Temporal coverage:Archive
Technical Specifications:
Costs:free
Tutorials on the use of data:Data tutorial, Downloading VIIRS Active Fire Data