GOFC-GOLD Regional Networks Summit, Tibilisi, Georgia GOFC GOLD Fire Implementation Team (GOFC Fire IT) Status, Priorities, RN Opportunities david.roy@sdstate.edu GOFC-GOLD Regional Networks Summit, Tibilisi, Georgia 13-16th September 2017

GOFC/GOLD-Fire Mapping and Monitoring Implementation Team Focus: refining and articulating the international observation requirements and making the best possible use of fire products from the existing and future satellite observing system for fire management, policy decision-making, global change research

Most recent Fire IT meeting November 15th 2016 ‐ GOFC‐GOLD Fire Implementation Team Meeting (closed door session, 1 day) November 16th 2016 – Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) Meeting (closed door session, 1 day) November 17th 2016 – Characterization of Fire Regimes and Impacts (open conference session, ½ day)

Fire IT Meeting Discussion New systems: S-NPP and JPSS VIIRS, Sentinel 3 SLSTR, GOES-R, Sentinel 1 and 2, Landsat 9 Global Fire Products and Validation GOFC-Fire IT Program Liaison – GCOS ECV’s, CEOS LPV, UN REDD+, GMFC Contributory Projects – AFIS, GWIS, MUSLI, Fire Early Warning (Canada), NASA ASD Regional Network Activities – REDLATIF, SEARRIN, SAFNET, Balkan/Mediterranean Network and GWFN inc. S. America Discussion of Fire IT Direction and New Leadership

GOFC Fire IT Management Change Co-chairs Chris Justice (University of Maryland, USA) & Johann Goldammer (Global Fire Monitoring Centre, Germany) thanked for their long service. Three new co-chairs nominated to provide new vision for Fire IT David Roy SDSU USA – NASA LCLUC Martin Wooster KC UK – NERC CEO Jesus San Miguel Ayance JRC, Italy – EC

Frost, Philip IT Member CSIR-Meraka Institute South Africa Giglio, Louis IT member University of Maryland, USA Goldammer, Johann Germany Hoffman, Anja Justice, Chris Lynham, Timothy Canadian Forest Service Roy, David IT Co-Chair South Dakota State University, USA Arino, Olivier IT member ESA/ESRIN, Italy Boschetti, Luigi University of Idaho, USA Brivio, Pietro Alessandro CNR, Italy Chuvieco, Emilio Universidad de Alcala, Spain Csiszar, Ivan NOAA, USA de Groot, Bill IT Member Canadian Forest Service Eckehard, Lorenz German Aerospace Center San-Miguel-Ayanz, Jesus IT Co-Chair European Commission Italy Schmidt, Michael IT member Conabio, Mexico Tansey, Kevin University of Leicester, U.K. Vadrevu, Prasad Krishna IT Member University of Maryland USA Van der Werf, Guido VU University Amsterdam Netherlands Wooster, Martin King's College London

Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) Meeting 9:40 Overview of the Global Wildfire Information System – Jesus San-Miguel-Ayanz 10:15- 10.45 Tea/Coffee Break 10:45 Global Fuel Products (ML Pettinari) 11:05 Global analysis of vulnerability (E. Chuvieco) 11:20 Fire Ignition Sources (J.M. Pereira (tbc)) /Fire Danger Assessment (D. Viegas) 11:40 Copernicus Global Burnt Area Mapping (Kevin Tansey) 12:00-1:00 Lunch Potential Contributions of Regional Fire Information Systems to GWIS: 1:00 Australia (Gary Morgan) 1:20 Southern Africa (Philip Frost) 1:40 Brazil (Alberto Setzer ) 2:00 Canada (Tim Lynham) 2:20 Europe (J. San-Miguel) 2:40 New Zealand (Richard Parker) 3:00 South America, Redlatif (J. Anaya) 3:20 Russia (Sergei S. Eritsov) 3:40 - 4.00 Tea/Coffee 4:00 Regional Network Coordination Suggestions (A. Hoffman) 4:20 Future activities around the GWIS (All) 5:30 Adjourn

The Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS), aims to provide an internet based portal and repository of fire information aimed at enabling a comprehensive view and evaluation of fire regimes and fire effects in support of policy making Figure 1: GWIS interface, allowing users to zoom in and out, select background layers, and overlay fire information layers. Only a limited set of fire thematic data are currently available. GWIS hosted by the European Commission JRC, developed under 2015-16 GEO Work Program Potential Contributions of Regional Fire Information Systems to GWIS discussed

Characterization of Fire Regimes and Impacts conference session Chairs: Chris Justice (UMd) and Jesús San‐Miguel‐Ayanz (JRC)    12:30 Global Fire Regimes Inferred from Satellite Data – Emilio Chuvieco (Universidad de Alcalá , Spain)    2:50 Advancing the use of VIIRS fire data in operational fire monitoring and applications‐ Ivan Csiszar (NOAA, USA) 3:10 Fire Regimes in South Africa and AFIS multi‐sensor detection capabilities – Philip Frost (South Africa) 3:30 Mapping Burned Area with Landsat Class Observations – David Roy (SDSU, USA) 3:50 Fire monitoring from European Satellites – Martin Wooster (Kings College London, U.K.) 4:10 Coffee/Tea Break 4:30 GFED Burned Area Caveats and Cautionary Notes‐ Louis Giglio (Umd, USA) 4:40 Inter‐comparsion and Validation of Burned Area products – Luigi Boschetti (U. Idaho, USA) 5:00 Fire Regimes Cerrado – Anja Hoffman   5:20 Satellite and Model Fire Behavior – Wilfrid Schroeder (University of Maryland, USA)    5:40 Examination of pyrophytic plant combustion and the relationship between fuel moisture, energy released and emissions – Evan Ellicott (UMD, USA)

Next Fire IT meeting Cumberland Lodge, London, November 20-23rd 2017 hosted by Martin Wooster, funded by European Commission GWIS Revision of membership / membership process / GOFC Fire IT secretariat / funding Foreseen activities under the umbrella of GOFC Fire IT & GWIS Systematic/operational fire Product Updates Active fire detection : SLSTR / Meteosat / MODIS / VIIRS products Burned area: MODIS / VIIRS / ESA CCI / Landsat Sentinel 2B products Emissions estimation updates GFED / GFAS / FREM Regional systems and fire network overview & activities SAFNET REDLATIF & Recent Brazilian Work SEARRIN Canadian Forest Service Active Fire Information CFS Fire Danger Rating & Early Warning Balkan Network Improving information exchange with Regional Networks Policy document updates GCOS ECV Fire Update UN‐REDD Fire‐GOFC source book /CEOS LPV Updates GWIS GWIS GEO work program 2007-2019 NASA GEO GWIS proposal status

RN Opportunities

The Fire Implementation team works with the GOFC-GOLD Regional Networks to bring together fire data providers and fire data users to exchange information on capabilities and needs. The networks allow for lateral exchange of information and provide a means for strengthening regional and in particular national related fire activities.

Fire IT priorities relevant to RN opportunities Need a more active Fire IT agenda Elevating importance of fire to the space agencies Defining the optimal fire monitoring system of systems (feeding into GEO) Product characterization, requirements and accuracy (GCOS ECV) Guiding the community on fire product capabilities and outreach Known product capabilities, limitations, example case studies through websites Best practices: e.g. fire validation, REDD+Fire Community briefings on current status of systems and products Strengthening use of the EO data at the Regional/National Level Some relevant upcoming issues small fire mapping and characterization agricultural fire mapping and characterization robust product validation (given proliferation of products / post-truth era / policy relevance) Help strengthen Regional Networks RN leads attend fire IT but need to improve Fire IT meeting reporting back to RN membership Advocate for RN funding opportunities Visiting scientist program ? Proposal opportunities Can JRC/GEO GWIS strengthen regional fire activities ? GWIS evaluation exercise