MODIS Collection 5 Active Fire Product User's Guide Version ... - FAO

7.6.7 Does the last 8-day CMG product for each calendar year include data from the firstfew days of the following calendar year?Yes. The last 8-day CMG product for each calendar year, which begins on day 361, includes thefirst three days (two days for leap years) of the following calendar year. For example, the 8-dayAqua MODIS CMG product MYD14C8H.2004361.005.01.hdf is produced using observationsfrom days 361–366 of 2004 and days 1–2 of 2005.7.6.8 Where can I find details about the different corrections performed on some of the datalayers in the CMG fire products?See Giglio et al. (2006a).7.6.9 Are persistent hot spots filtered out of the MODIS CMG fire products?Yes, static, persistent hot spots are excluded during production of the CMG fire products (Figure 16).See Giglio et al. (2006a) for details.Figure 16: Locations of static hot spots excluded from the CMG fire products.7.6.10 Is there an easy way to convert a calendar date into the ordinal dates (day-of-year)used in the file names of the 8-day fire products?Yes. Try the Unix (or Linux) cal command (with the -j switch), or use Table 11.53