CAMS-GFAS: Global Fire Emissions from Satellite Observations

The CAMS Global Fire Assimilation System (GFAS) provides near-real-time information on biomass burning and vegetation fires. It uses satellite observations of fire radiative power (FRP) to estimate fire location, intensity, and emissions. The data is produced by Copernicus and is provided as continuous raster GeoTIFFs.

Use Cases

• Modeling atmospheric pollution dispersion based on estimated fire emissions.
• Monitoring near-real-time wildfire activity and intensity based on fire radiative power (FRP).
• Studying the impact of biomass burning on climate based on biome-specific emission factors.
• Analyzing spatial and temporal trends in vegetation fires based on continuous raster data.

Strengths

• Provides near-real-time information on fire activity.
• Emissions are estimated using biome-specific emission factors derived from field and laboratory studies.
• Data is provided in the widely supported GeoTIFF raster format.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Copernicus

Collection Method

Satellite observations of fire radiative power (FRP) are converted to dry matter consumed and then to emissions using biome-specific factors.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 21:03:21.943209; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global