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

2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) Meeting
9:40 Overview of the Global Wildfire Information System – Jesus San-Miguel-Ayanz
10: 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: Tea/Coffee
4:00 Regional Network Coordination Suggestions (A. Hoffman)
4:20 Future activities around the GWIS (All)
5:30 Adjourn

8. 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 GEO Work Program
Potential Contributions of Regional Fire Information Systems to GWIS discussed

9. 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)

10. 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
NASA GEO GWIS proposal status

11. RN Opportunities

13. 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.

14. 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