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On Dec 20, 2019

I am working of fire data but do not understand the *acq time* meaning
(significance) data provided by in the fire_archive_M6_91142.i have already read the user guide provided by you. so please specify what does mean of *aqc_time.
*it is the time period of fire or it is observation time also unit is
second are anything else. i will be highly obliged obliged your support.

On Dec 20, 2019 Diane Davies posted

You asked about the Acq time - it is: Time of acquisition/overpass of the satellite (in UTC).

Please see our FAQs: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/faq/firms-faq#ed-attributes
for MODIS: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observ ... attributes