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The MODIS Burn Scar Science Processing Algorithm (BURNSCAR_SPA) maps post-fire burned areas using daily composites of 500m MODIS corrected reflectance and daily composites of 1-km MODIS active fire observations. It identifies the date of burn, to the nearest day, for 500m grid cells within individual MODIS Level 3 tiles. While the resulting burned area maps are not yet produced in near-real time, this implementation requires relatively modest mass storage and computational resources and is thus well-suited for use in a Direct Broadcast environment. The SPA functions in two modes: Standalone, or as an IPOPP plug-in.
Follow the instructions below to install the SPA in a standalone configuration. SPAs may also be installed dynamically into an IPOPP framework; instructions for this type of installation are contained in the IPOPP User's Guide.
NOTE: The installation of the BURNSCAR_SPA into the IPOPP framework requires additional pre-configuration instructions that differ from the installation instructions for other SPAs. See the User's Guide (PDF) included with the software package for more details.
Download the BURNSCAR_1.1_SPA_1.1.tar.gz and BURNSCAR_1.1_SPA_1.1_testdata.tar.gz (optional) files into the same directory.
Decompress and un-archive the BURNSCAR_1.1_SPA_1.1.tar.gz and BURNSCAR_1.1_SPA_1.1_testdata.tar.gz (optional) files:
$ tar -xzf BURNSCAR_1.1_SPA_1.1.tar.gz
$ tar -xzf BURNSCAR_1.1_SPA_1.1_testdata.tar.gz
See the User's Guide (PDF) included with the software package for more details.
In order to run the package using your own input data, you can either use the run scripts within the wrapper subdirectories, or modify the test scripts within the testscripts subdirectory. See the User's Guide (PDF) included with the software package for more details.
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