The GLOBCARBON Burnt Area Products (BAE) are monthly difference products representing the new burnt areas detected in the last month. These products are formed by combining the methods used in the GBA2000 project (JRC) and the GLOBSCAR project (ESA) and as such are derived from daily observations of the VEGETATION-1, VEGETATION-2, ATSR-2 and AATSR sensors. The VEGETATION specific part (GBA2000 derived) can easily run independantly from the ATSR and MERIS parts and is already used in the framework of the GEOLAND project.

Product is adapted for real-time processing (monthly deliverables). Yearly updates of the combined product are foreseen until the end of 2007 in the framework of the ESA-DUE GLOBCARBON project