June 2025
Sense4Fire Continues – New Fire Emission Products Coming in Late 2025 and 2026
On June 19, 2025, TU Dresden signed a new contract with the European Space Agency to extend the successful **Sense4Fire** project. The collaboration with the established consortium — **TU Dresden**, **KNMI**, and **BeZero Carbon** — will continue throughout 2025 and 2026, focusing on the development of innovative fire emission products.
Upcoming Products (Late 2025–2026)
Reprocessing of Fire Emission Products for Africa
- GFA-S4F v0.3: Reprocessed fire emissions for Africa (2019–2025), based on VIIRS active fire observations and fire type classification from the *Global Fire Atlas* approach. The methodology incorporates improved conversion factors to estimate fuel consumption from fire radiative energy.
- TUD-S4F v0.3: Reprocessed fire emissions for Africa (2016–2024), using the TUD-S4F data–model fusion approach. This version integrates updated, high-resolution land cover data from ESA WorldCover.
Development, Validation, and Assessment of Near-Real-Time Fire Emission Products for Africa
- TUD-S4F-vNRT02: The TUD-S4F near-real-time setup will be revised and undergo systematic testing. Near-real-time (NRT) fire emission estimates for Africa will be available starting in autumn 2025.
- KNMI-S5p: As before, all fire emission estimates will be validated against satellite observations of atmospheric CO and NOx from **Sentinel-5P*.
High-Resolution Fire Emission Estimates
- TUD-S4F-vHR01: The TUD-S4F approach will be adapted to high spatial resolution (20 m) to estimate fuel loads and fire emissions in selected African study regions (2016–2025). This will utilize land cover from ESA WorldCover, as well as leaf area index and burned area data derived from Sentinel-2.