About this Dataset

Seasonal Wildfire Trends

The dataset provides a weekly comprehensive overview of fire activity and its environmental impact, incorporating data from the Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) and satellite imagery from MODIS and VIIRS. It includes metrics such as the area of land burnt, cumulative burnt areas, carbon dioxide emissions from fires, cumulative carbon emissions, the number of fires, and cumulative fire counts.

Tables

Weekly Wildfires

@owid.weekly_wildfires.owid_weekly_wildfires

5.95 MB
308568 rows
12 columns


CREATE TABLE owid_weekly_wildfires (
  "country" VARCHAR,
  "date" TIMESTAMP,
  "area_ha" FLOAT,
  "area_ha_cumulative" FLOAT,
  "events" FLOAT,
  "events_cumulative" FLOAT,
  "pm2_5" FLOAT,
  "pm2_5_cumulative" FLOAT,
  "co2" FLOAT,
  "co2_cumulative" FLOAT,
  "share_area_ha" FLOAT,
  "share_area_ha_cumulative" FLOAT
);