Monthly Agro-Climatic and District Fire Metrics for Ghana, 2001–2024

January 2001 to December 2024 monthly panels of fire metrics for Ghana's agro-climatic zones and districts. The dataset was created by Nana Ekow Nkwa Sey to support analysis of burned-area dynamics and active-fire activity, derived from MODIS and VIIRS satellite products. It includes consolidated panels, audit files, and a manifest.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-run burned-area change based on MODIS-derived burned-area metrics
• Compare fire activity and fire impact during overlap eras based on VIIRS-derived active-fire metrics
• Study district-level heterogeneity and departures from agro-climatic baselines
• Identify hotspot or spatio-temporal clustering within a nested agro-climatic zone–district framework

Strengths

• Data spans 24 years from 2001 to 2024, providing a long temporal series
• Distinguishes between fire impact and fire activity metrics derived from two satellite sources (MODIS MCD64A1 and VIIRS)
• Organized at two spatial scales: Ghana's five agro-climatic zones and harmonized district units
• Includes supporting audit and manifest files documenting panel construction and merge integrity

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data is derived analytical datasets, not raw satellite observations

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Derived from MODIS MCD64A1 Collection 6.1 burned-area product and VIIRS 375 m active-fire product.

Time Range

2001–2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-25 20:03:44; freshness should be verified

Geography

Ghana