The MODIS Rapid Response System was developed to provide daily satellite images of the Earth’s landmasses in near real time basis. True-color satellite imageries are available within a few hours of being collected, making the system a valuable resource to make it usable for fire protection and management. Making the MODIS system a valuable resource for organization like ICIMOD, who use the images to track active fires and publish in a web-interface for regional member countries to address near-real time fire monitoring.
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Figure: Fire density analysis using MODIS active fire data for the Nepal region
Yearly MODIS active fire data provided by University of Maryland, USA on analysing fire density (5km window) for the Nepal and its surrounding region using ArcGIS ModelBuilder and were overlaid using Google-Earth.
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