Topic: Termination of Fire Detects from the Fire Identification, Mapping and Monitoring Algorithm (FIMMA)-AVHRR

Date/Time Issued:  May 19, 2020 – 1557Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: Fire Detects from the Fire Identification, Mapping and Monitoring Algorithm (FIMMA)-AVHRR

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  June 23, 2020

Date/Time of Expected End:  N/A

Length of Outage:  N/A

Details/Specifics of Change:  NOAA/NESDIS will terminate Fire Detects from the Fire Identification, Mapping and Monitoring Algorithm (FIMMA)-AVHRR at 15 UTC on June 23, 2020. It is being replaced with Fire Detects from the VIIRS Active Fire Algorithm (VIIRS AF) products. The webpage for FIMMA-AVHRR is:

https://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/Layers/FIMMA/fimma.html

The webpage for VIIRS AF is:

https://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/Layers/VIIRS/viirs.html

 

Please note: This change will not be performed during Critical Weather Day (CWD). 

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