Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED5) Burned Area

The monthly GFED5 burned area data produced in this study are available in netCDF files. For years between 2001 and 2020, five layers of burned area (Norm: normal type, Crop: cropland burning, Defo: deforestation burning, Peat: peatland burning, Total: the sum of all burning) are provided at 0.25°×0.25° resolution. The ‘Norm’ layer contains burned areas in each grid cell (in km2) separated by 17 major land cover types. For the pre-MODIS era (1997-2000), only the ‘Total’ burned area layer with reduced spatial resolution (1°×1°) is provided. We also provide two global maps of burnable area (with water and snow/ice cover excluded) in each grid cell (0.25°×0.25° for the MODIS era and 1°×1° for the pre-MODIS era). Please refer to readme.html or readme.pdf for more detail about the dataset.