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Wildfires
This page presents a list of relevant Meteorological Service of Canada datasets under the theme of wildfires, in order to guide users to the appropriate datasets. This list is not exhaustive, but provides an overview of the layers that can be used under this theme. The main data layers for this theme are air quality variables and precipitation rates. However, a number of other relevant layers can also provide additional information on the subject, such as hotspots, wind speed or wind direction, to name but a few.
Example of an interactive map featuring the Web Map Service (WMS) layers Wildfire Hotspots, HRDPS-WEonG - Gust and RAQDPS - NO2 Concentration (active on the map), as well as other optional layers that can be added by checking the boxes in the list in the map. The layers are served by MSC GeoMet.
Layers shown in the preview below can also be viewed on MSC AniMet via a single permalink for all variables.
Datasets
It should be noted that the various layers presented in the list are available at different resolutions and timeframes.
HRDPS at surface/near-surface fields
HRDPS data documentation
- Convective preciptation
HRDPS - Weather Elements on Grid
HRDPS data documentation
- Probability of thunderstorm occurence
- Wind speed
- Wind direction
- Gust
- Temperature
- Probability of precipitation
GEPS diagnostic fields
GEPS data documentation
- Probability of quantity of precipitation over 1 mm (120 hours)
- Probability of quantity of precipitation over 5 mm (120 hours)
- Probability of quantity of precipitation over 10 mm (120 hours)
Radar
Radar data documentation
- Radar precipitation rate for rain
- Radar extrapolation precipitation rate for rain
- Radar extrapolation precipitation rate
Satellite
Satellite data documentation
- Natural colour product
- Night Microphysics product
- Fire Temperature product
- Day Land Cloud Fire product
- Smoke ABI Band1 product
- SWIR product
RAQDPS
RAQDPS data documentation
- Wildfire hotspots ingested by RAQDPS
- Concentration : surface NO2
- Concentration : surface O3
- Concentration : surface PM2.5
Others