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Cumulative Fire Count

Severity

Published by
Vibrant Planet
Last updated on
March 6, 2025
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About

The cumulative fire count data represent the cumulative count of all fires per pixel, with classes of severity, from 1950-2023 across CONUS. Each geotiff has three layers representing the three severity categories of "low", "moderate", and "high". So pfrid[[1]] represents pFRID calculated for just low severity fires. This is a supplemental dataset for the Vibrant Planet pFRID data analysis.

The dataset available for download below corresponds to the findings presented in the publication, " which details the methodology, analysis, and key insights.

For a deeper dive, access the full publication HERE, or read a summary on Vibrant Planet's blog.

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Cumulative Fire Count

Tracks the total number of fires per pixel from 1950 to 2023, categorized by severity.

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Metadata

Publisher:
Vibrant Planet
Contact Name:
Dr. Mike Koontz
Contact Email:
License:
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED
DOI:
doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/PXJZK
Access Level:
Public
Created:
September 13, 2023
Last Updated:
September 13, 2024