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Annual Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002 on a Flat Map
This animation shows a unique picture of seasonal and yearly fire activity. Here, global fire activity is displayed as tiny particles on a flat map 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 gray.

This animation shows seasonal fire activity from 8-21-2002 to 8-20-2002 displayed on a flat map.    This animation shows seasonal fire activity from 8-21-2002 to 8-20-2002 displayed on a flat map.
Duration: 1152.8 minutes
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This image shows a global view of fires detected on 10-11-2001 displayed on a flat map.    This image shows a global view of fires detected on 10-11-2001 displayed on a flat map.

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This image shows a global view of fires detected on 7-22-2002 displayed on a flat map.    This image shows a global view of fires detected on 7-22-2002 displayed on a flat map.

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Video slate image reads    Video slate image reads "Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002 on a Flat Map".

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Animation Number:2526
Completed:2002-08-26
Animators:Cindy Starr (GST) (Lead)
 Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
Scientists:Robert Sohlberg (University of Maryland)
 Chris Justice (University of Maryland)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:Terra/MODIS
 Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Fire Location
 Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble: Next Generation
Data Collected:2001/08/21 through 2002/08/20
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
 
 
Please give credit for this item to:
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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