Topic: Hazard Mapping System (HMS) Update

Date/Time Issued: May 27, 2022 1253 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: TBD

Date/Time of Initial Impact: TBD

Date/Time of Expected End: Permanent

Details/Specifics of Change:

ESPC plans to update Hazard Mapping System (HMS) by July 19, 2022. The new version of HMS will include changes of file names and contents listed in the table below. NESDIS will collect user feedback for 30 days following the issuance of this notification. If you have any concerns, please provide your comments to the corresponding Product Area Leads (PALs) and User Services by June 30, 2022.

Dataset: Active Fire Detection in ASCII format prodShortName: HMS-text Filename: From: hmsYYYYMMDD.txt To: hms_fireYYYYMMDD.txt Data content: From: “Lon, Lat, YearDay, Time, Satellite, Method of Detect, Ecosys, Fire RadPower” To: “Lon, Lat, YearDay, Time, Satellite, Method, Ecosystem, FRP”
Dataset: Active Fire Detection in Shapefile format prodShortName: HMS_Fire-shapefile-zip Filename: From: hms_fireYYYYMMDD.zip (includes *.shp, *.dbf, *.shx, *.prj extensions) To: no change Data content: From: “Lon, Lat, Satellite, Source, YearDay, Time, Ecosys” To: “Lon, Lat, YearDay, Time, Satellite, Method, Ecosystem, FRP”
Dataset: Active Fire Detection in KML format prodShortName: HMS-kml Filename: From: hmsYYYYMMDD.kml To: hms_fireYYYYMMDD.kml Data content: From: “YearDay, Time, Satellite, Method of Detection” To: “Lon, Lat, YearDay, Time, Satellite, Method, Ecosystem, FRP”
Dataset: Smoke distribution in Shapefile format prodShortName: HMS_Smoke-shapefile-zip Filename: From: hms_smokeYYYYMMDD.zip (includes *.shp, *.dbf, *.shx, *.prj extensions) To: no change Data content: From: “Satellite, Start, End, Density”, where density is defined as [5, 16, 21] To: “Satellite, Start, End, Density”, where density is defined as [light, medium, heavy]
Dataset: Smoke distribution in KML format prodShortName: HMS_Smoke-kml Filename: From: smokeYYYYMMDD.kml To: hms_smokeYYYYMMDD.kml Data content: From: “Satellite, Start, End, Density”, where density is defined as [5, 16, 21] To: “Satellite, Start, End, Density”, where density is defined as [light, medium, heavy]
Dataset: hysplit (smoke duration) To be discontinued

*The common YYYYMMDD sub-string found in the table above describes the calendar year, month, and day.

* The “prelim” suffix currently found in the near real-time (same day) filenames will no longer be used as part of the new filename strings. The short names are HMS_Prelim-text; HMS_Preliminary_Fire-shapefile-zip and HMS_Preliminary_Smoke-shapefile-zip.

Contact Information for Further Information and Feedback:

SPSD User Services (spsd.userservices@noaa.gov) and PALs (wilfrid.schroeder@noaa.gov and hanjun.ding@noaa.gov)

URL containing the new data files:

https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS2/

On 19 July 2022 the new HMS files will replace the existing data available through the following URL:

https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/

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