GEOS-Carb CASA-GFED: Monthly Carbon Fluxes and Fire Emissions at 0.5 Degree Resolution

GEOS-Carb CASA-GFED Monthly Fire Fuel NPP Rh NEE Fluxes provides monthly average Net Primary Production (NPP), heterotrophic respiration (Rh), wildfire emissions (FIRE), and fuel wood burning emissions (FUEL) derived from the CASA-GFED3 model. The dataset is produced by NASA's Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) to support the characterization and prediction of global carbon sources and sinks. It is hosted by NASA's GES DISC and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling global carbon budgets based on monthly Net Primary Production (NPP) and heterotrophic respiration (Rh) fluxes.
• Quantifying the impact of wildfires on atmospheric carbon based on monthly wildfire emissions (FIRE) data.
• Assessing anthropogenic biomass burning contributions based on fuel wood burning emissions (FUEL) data.
• Validating satellite-derived carbon flux estimates using the CASA-GFED3 model outputs.

Strengths

• Produced by NASA's Carbon Monitoring System (CMS), an authoritative source for carbon data.
• Provides four key carbon cycle variables (NPP, Rh, FIRE, FUEL) in a consistent monthly format.
• Data is hosted on NASA's GES DISC platform, ensuring institutional backing and accessibility.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Monthly averages; specific temporal coverage is not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 02:42:45.543923; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global coverage at 0.5 degree x 0.5 degree spatial resolution.