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A Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002
This animation shows a unique picture of seasonal fire activity. Here, global fire activity is displayed as tiny particles on a rotating globe with each particle depicting the site at which a fire was detected. Daily fires are displayed at a rate of 10 days per second. The fire particles fade over 1.7 seconds and change color as they age from red to orange, yellow and grey.

This animation shows seasonal fire activity from 2-17-2002 to 7-31-2002 and from 8-1-2001 to 2-18-2002.    This animation shows seasonal fire activity from 2-17-2002 to 7-31-2002 and from 8-1-2001 to 2-18-2002.
Duration: 36.0 seconds
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This image shows a global view of fires detected on 10-11-2001 over Europe, Africa and South America.    This image shows a global view of fires detected on 10-11-2001 over Europe, Africa and South America.

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This image shows a global view of fires detected on 7-22-2002 over North and South America.    This image shows a global view of fires detected on 7-22-2002 over North and South America.

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Animation Number:2524
Animators:Cindy Starr (Lead)
 Greg Shirah
Studio:SVS
Completed:2002-08-26
Scientists:Robert Sohlberg (University of Maryland)
 Chris Justice (University of Maryland)
Instrument:Terra/MODIS
Data sets:Blue Marble
 Fire Location
Data Collected:2001/08/01 through 2002/07/31
Series:Global Fires 2002
Video:SVS2002-1001 *
Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Forestry
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Biosphere >> Ecological Dynamics >> Fire Occurrence
GCMD >> Location >> Global
 
 
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio. Fire location data courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project (NASA/GSFC and University of Maryland). Blue Marble data courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).


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