GEOS-Carb CASA-GFED: Daily Global Fire and Fuel Emissions at 0.5 Degree Resolution

Daily average wildfire and fuel wood burning emissions derived from the CASA-GFED3 model, part of NASA's Carbon Monitoring System. The data is produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and was last updated in March 2026. This system aims to improve monitoring of global carbon sources and sinks to inform policy and management activities.

Use Cases

• Modeling atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations based on daily fire emissions.
• Analyzing regional carbon source contributions based on wildfire and fuel burning data.
• Validating and calibrating other carbon cycle models based on the CASA-GFED3 outputs.
• Informing near-term environmental policy development based on NASA's carbon monitoring products.

Strengths

• Data is produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a leading space agency.
• Model outputs are at a 0.5 degree by 0.5 degree spatial resolution.
• Part of the NASA Carbon Monitoring System designed for policy and regulatory support.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Derived from the Carnegie-Ames-Stanford-Approach – Global Fire Emissions Database version 3 (CASA-GFED3) model.

Time Range

Daily averages, but specific temporal coverage is not provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 02:11:48.585752; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global coverage at 0.5 degree resolution.