African Fires During 2002 (WMS)

  • Released Tuesday, February 10, 2004
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This animation shows fire activity in Africa from January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2002. The fires are shown as tiny particles with each particle depicting the geographic region in which fire was detected. The color of a particle represents the number of days since a sizable amount of fire was detected in that region, with red representing less than 20 days, orange representing 20 to 40 days, yellow representing 40 to 60 days, and gray to black representing more than 60 days. This data was measured by the MODIS instrument on the Terra satellite. MODIS detects fires by measuring the brightness temperature of a region in several frequency bands and looking for hot spots where this temperature is greater than the surrounding region.

This animation shows fire activity in Africa during 2002.

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This page was originally published on Tuesday, February 10, 2004.
This page was last updated on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 10:00 PM EST.

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Datasets used in this visualization

  • Fire Location [Terra and Aqua: MODIS]

    ID: 496
    Sensor: MODIS Dates used: 2002/01/01 - 2002/12/31

    Credit: Fire location data courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project (NASA/GSFC and University of Maryland - http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov)

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