BackForward Variable: Fire fractional cover

Definition
Full name Fire fractional cover
Definition Fraction of a land area where fire is occurring
Measuring Units % Uncertainty Units %
Horizontal Res Units km Vertical Res Units
Stability Units % (Stability /decade)

 

Comment:
Last modified: 2011-08-08
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis: Yes
Classification
  • Domain: Terrestrial
    • Sub-domain: Land surface
      • Variable: Fire fractional cover
        • Measured in Layers:
          • Land surface
  • Cross-cutting themes:

Requirements defined for Fire fractional cover  (4)

This tables shows all related requirements. For more operations/filtering, please consult the full list of Requirements
Note: In reading the values, goal is marked blue, breakthrough green, threshold orange
Application-dependent Technical Priority (ATP) Magenta and Relative priority of the attributes Red

Id Variable Layer App Area ATP Uncertainty Layer/s Quality Coverage Quality Stability / decade Hor Res Ver Res Obs Cyc Timeliness Coverage Conf Level Val Date Source General Comment Application Area Comment Horizontal Coverage Comment Observation Comment Performance Comment
36 Fire fractional cover Land surface 2.9 Agricultural Meteorology 5 %
8 %
20 %
0.01 km
0.1 km
10 km
6 h
10 h
24 h
60 min
109 min
6 h
Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS Saturation lvl not reached before fire detected
435 Fire fractional cover Land surface 2.3 Nowcasting / Very Short-Range Forecasting 5 %
8 %
20 %
1 km
10 km
50 km
15 min
3 h
24 h
15 min
3 h
24 h
Global land reasonable 2013-04-03 P. Ambrosetti
663 Fire fractional cover Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 5 %
7 %
10 %
0.25 km
0.85 km
10 km
24 h
36 h
3 d
360 d
1 y
2 y
Global land reasonable 2007-07-19 TOPC Fire area and location
833 Fire fractional cover Land surface 2.5 Atmospheric Climate Monitoring 5 %
10 %
0.25 km
1 km
3 km
60 min
6 h
Global reasonable 2019-09-30 GCOS-200: The Global Observing System for Climate: Implementation Needs (Published 2016) Requirements in the GCOS-200 IP, Annex A, are only specified at the goal level.