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Fires over the United States during the Summer of 2002
This animation shows fire activity over the United States from 5/1/2002 to 8/20/2002. The fires are shown as tiny particles with each particle depicting the site at which a fire was detected. Daily fires are displayed at a rate of 15 days per second. The particles fade over 1.13 seconds and change color as they age from red to orange, yellow and grey.

This animation shows fires detected over the United States from 5-1-2002 through 8-20-2002.    This animation shows fires detected over the United States from 5-1-2002 through 8-20-2002.
Duration: 11.0 seconds
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Animation Number:2532
Animators:Greg Shirah (Lead)
 Cindy Starr
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:2002/05/01 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
 
 
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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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