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The Firecast project aims to bring current satellite data to fire managers as they manage forests in tropical nations. The hope is to improve the monitoring of wildfires and deforestation.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Suomi NPP VIIRS image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Photo by Carlos Andres Cano Alvarez, Conservation International. Caption by Kathryn Hansen. The Firecast team was funded by the NASA Applied Sciences Program, and collaborated with World Resources Institute’s Global Forest Watch; the South African Council for Scientific Industrial Research’s Advanced Fire Information System; Esri, and Logi Analytics software.
Published August 9, 2016 Data acquired September 19, 2015