MTBS Wildfire Analysis
California · 1984–2022 · Google Earth Engine · Landsat · Sentinel-2 · Open-Meteo
01 — About
This project investigates how satellite-derived vegetation indices and climate data can characterise wildfire burn severity trends across California over 38 years. Data is sourced from the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) programme, Google Earth Engine, and the Open-Meteo historical weather archive.
02 — Data Sources
Burn severity and fire perimeters, 1984–2022, from the USGS composite release.
Multispectral imagery for EVI and NDVI calculation via Google Earth Engine.
ERA5 reanalysis weather (peak temperature, minimum humidity) per fire event.
Reads the national MTBS attribute table and filters it to California wildfires.
03 — Methodology Pipeline
04 — Acres Burned & EVI Recovery
Illustrative reference curves — not computed from this dataset.
05 — Era Comparison
How the wildfire crisis has escalated across three distinct eras.
06 — Fire Weather Analysis
Each dot is one fire event. Higher temperatures and lower humidity are strongly associated with larger, high-severity fires.