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The yellow outlines track the position of the active fire lines for the last 60 hours, with the latest location of the fire front in the brightest shade of yellow. The red points show the location of active fire detections, while the grey region shows the estimated total area burned. 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The extent of the Dixie wildfire is as of October 22, 2021, while the extent of the Caldor wildfire is as of October 6, 2021. 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For SSTA data, blues indicate temperatures lower than normal and reds are areas warmer than normal. With this data we can see the comings and goings of El Niño and La Niña across the years. For the TWSA data, browns indicate areas with less ground water than normal and greens are areas with more ground water than normal, which correlates to droughts and floods in these various regions. Furthermore, terrestrial areas that show significant amounts of low water storage are much more sensitive to wildfires. || grace_w_ssta_rob2.4991_print.jpg (1024x576) [133.2 KB] || grace_w_ssta_rob2.4991_searchweb.png (180x320) [91.1 KB] || grace_w_ssta_rob2.4991_thm.png (80x40) [7.7 KB] || grace_w_ssta_rob2_2x_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [41.8 MB] || composite (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || robinson_projection (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || dates (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || grace_w_ssta_rob2_2x_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [9.8 MB] || ", "hits": 50 }, { "id": 30378, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30378/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-10-24T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Monthly Active Fires", "description": "Using fire data collected globally every day by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite, scientists produce maps like these to show the number and extent of fire around the world each month. The red, orange, and yellow pixels on these monthly maps from March 2000 to the present show the locations where the MODIS instrument detected actively burning fires. The colors represent a count of the number of fires each month observed within a 1000-square-kilometer (~385-square-mile) area. White pixels show the high end of the count—as many as 100 fires in a 1000-square-kilometer area per day. Yellow pixels show as many as 10 fires, orange shows as many as 5 fires, and red areas as few as 1 fire in a 1000-square-kilometer area per day. Active fire maps such as these are helping scientists to better understand Earth's environment and climate system. || ", "hits": 16 }, { "id": 4092, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4092/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-08-08T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Mapping the Fire Intensity Record for the United States (2000 through 2013)", "description": "This visualization displays the MODIS Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) Mean Fire Radiative Power (FRP). The CMG fire products incorporate MODIS active fire data into gridded statistical summaries of fire pixel information intended for use in regional and global modeling. The products are currently generated at 0.5 degree spatial resolution. Many of the lower intensity fires shown in red were prescribed fires, lit for either agricultural or ecosystem management purposes. Orange indicates fires that were more intense with the most intense FRP being shown in yellow. Most of these intense fires occurred in the western United States, where lightning and human activity often sparks blazes that firefighters cannot contain. || ", "hits": 17 }, { "id": 4093, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4093/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-08-08T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Mapping the Fire Intensity Global Record (2000 through 2013)", "description": "This visualization displays the MODIS Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) Mean Fire Radiative Power (FRP). The CMG fire products incorporate MODIS active fire data into gridded statistical summaries of fire pixel information intended for use in regional and global modeling. The products are currently generated at 0.5 degree spatial resolution. Many of the lower intensity fires shown in red were prescribed fires, lit for either agricultural or ecosystem management purposes. Orange indicates fires that were more intense with the most intense FRP being shown in yellow. Notice, many of the most intense fires occurred in higher latitudes. || ", "hits": 51 }, { "id": 4011, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4011/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2012-11-28T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "United States Active Fires 2012", "description": "Records maintained by the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) and NASA both indicate that 2012 was an extraordinary year for wildfires in the United States.NIFC statistics show that more than 9.1 million acres had burned as of November 30, 2012—the third highest total in a record that dates back to 1960. Also notable: despite the high number of acres burned in 2012, the total number of fires—55,505—was low, the least on the NIFC record. Average fire size in 2012 was the highest on the record.The visualizations depict fires that burned between January 1 and October 31, 2012, as detected by the MODIS instruments. The fires are displayed over MODIS' vegetation and snow cover data. Yellow and orange indicates fires that were more intense and had a larger area of active burning. Most of these intense fires occurred in the western United States, where lightning and human activity often sparks blazes that firefighters cannot contain. Many of the lower intensity fires shown in red were prescribed fires, lit for either agricultural or ecosystem management purposes.The Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) can routinely detect both flaming and smoldering fires that are aproximately 1000 square meters in size. Under pristine and extremely rare observing conditions even smaller flaming fires that are aproximately 50 square meters can be detected. Each active fire location represents the center of a 1 km pixel that is flagged by the algorithm as containing a fire within the pixel. For more information on the fire data, see the MODIS Collection 5 Active Fire Product User's Guide. For more information on the algorithm, see Giglio, L., J. Descloitres, C. O. Justice, and Y. J. Kaufman. 2003. An enhanced contextual fire detection algorithm for MODIS. Remote Sensing of Environment, 87:273-282 || ", "hits": 25 }, { "id": 10831, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10831/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2011-11-01T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Geography Of Fire", "description": "What do nearly ten years of satellite fire observations look like? Instruments on two NASA Earth-observing satellites have answered that question by scanning the surface for signs of fire four times a day since 2002. The instruments have generated an ever-growing string of data that researchers have used to map the distribution of the world's fires in unprecedented detail. The visualization below provides a global tour of these observations using red to indicate actively burning fires, green to show vegetation and white to show snow. It begins with heavy grassland fires that speckle the dry interior of Australia in 2002. The view then pans to Asia and fire-prone Africa where waves of agricultural and management fires sweep across large portions of these continents in sync with seasonal surges of vegetation and retreating snow. A glimpse of a mild South American fire season in 2009 follows, along with intermittent flashes from wildfires that ravaged areas of Texas in the spring of 2011. Such data has more than aesthetic value: scientists use it to track fire trends over time and to refine calculations that show how greenhouse gases and particles emitted by fires in different regions contribute to climate change. || ", "hits": 22 }, { "id": 10851, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10851/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2011-10-20T16:00:00-04:00", "title": "A Look Back at a Decade of Fires", "description": "For more than a decade, instruments on Terra and Aqua, two of NASA's flagship Earth-observing satellites, have scanned the surface of our planet for fires four times a day. The instruments, both Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometers (MODIS), have revolutionized what scientists know about fire's role in land cover change, ecosystem processes, and the global carbon cycle by allowing researchers to map the characteristics and global distribution of fires in remarkable detail. The collection of videos below provides perspective on how global fires impact humans and our planet. || ", "hits": 39 }, { "id": 3870, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3870/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-10-18T23:00:00-04:00", "title": "African Fire Observations and MODIS NDVI", "description": "From space, we can understand fires in ways that are impossible from the ground. The MODIS instrument onboard the Terra and Aqua satellite, was specifically designed to detect fires. As a result, it can see both smaller fires and a wide range of fires from cool grass fires to raging forest fires. Burning carbon particles both on the tiny soot particles in the flame and on the fuel itself emit a very specific wavelength of light, 3.8 to 4 microns. NASA research has contributed to much improved detection of fire for scientific purposes using satellite remote sensing and geographic information systems. This has helped advance our understanding of the impacts of fire in many areas of earth science, including atmospheric chemistry and the impacts on protected areas. This research has led to the development of a rapid response system widely used throughout the world for both natural resource management and for firefighting by providing near real-time information. The visualization shows fires detected in Africa from July 2002 through July 2011. Africa has more abundant burning than any other continent. MODIS observations have shown that some 70 percent of the world's fires occur in Africa alone. \"It's incredibly satisfying to see such a long record of fires visualized,\" said Chris Justice, a scientist from the University of Maryland who leads NASA's effort to use MODIS data to study the world's fires. \"It's not only exciting visually, but what you see here is a very good representation of the data scientists use to understand the global distribution of fires and to determine where and how fires are responding to climate change and population growth.\"More information on the Fire Information for Resource Management (FIRMS) is available at http://maps.geog.umd.edu/firms/. || ", "hits": 22 }, { "id": 3869, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3869/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-10-18T19:00:00-04:00", "title": "Boreal Forest Fire Observations and MODIS NDVI", "description": "NASA has released a series of new visualizations that show the locations of the millions of fires detected by key fire-monitoring instruments on NASA satellites over the last decade. This visualization shows fire observations made by the MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments on board the Terra and Aqua satellites in Europe and Asia from July 2002 through July 2011. \"It's incredibly satisfying to see such a long record of fires visualized,\" said Chris Justice, a scientist from the University of Maryland who leads NASA's effort to use MODIS data to study the world's fires. \"It's not only exciting visually, but what you see here is a very good representation of the data scientists use to understand the global distribution of fires and to determine where and how fires are responding to climate change and population growth.\"More information on the Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) is available at https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time/firms. || ", "hits": 29 }, { "id": 3871, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3871/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-10-18T19:00:00-04:00", "title": "Australia Fire Observations and MODIS NDVI", "description": "From space, we can understand fires in ways that are impossible from the ground. The MODIS instrument onboard the Terra and Aqua satellite, was specifically designed to detect fires. This visualization shows fire detections from July 2002 through July 2011. The visualization also includes vegetation and snow cover data to show how fires respond to seasonal changes. The tour begins in Australia in 2002 by showing a network of massive grassland fires spreading across interior Australia as well as the greener Eucalyptus forests in the northern and eastern part of the continent.More information on the Fire Information for Resource Management (FIRMS) is available at http://maps.geog.umd.edu/firms/. || ", "hits": 24 }, { "id": 3872, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3872/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-10-18T19:00:00-04:00", "title": "South American Fire Observations and MODIS NDVI", "description": "From space, we can understand fires in ways that are impossible from the ground. NASA research has contributed to much improved detection of fire for scientific purposes using satellite remote sensing and geographic information systems. This visualization of South America shows fire observations made by MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments on board the Terra and Aqua satellites . South America exhibits a steady flickering of fire across much of the Amazon rainforest with peaks of activity in September and November. Almost all of the fires in the Amazon are the direct result of human activity, including slash-and-burn agriculture, because the high moisture levels in the region prevent inhibit natural fires from occurring.More information on the Fire Information for Resource Management (FIRMS) is available at http://maps.geog.umd.edu/firms/. || ", "hits": 43 }, { "id": 3873, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3873/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-10-18T19:00:00-04:00", "title": "United States Fire Observations and MODIS NDVI", "description": "From space, we can understand fires in ways that are impossible from the ground. NASA has released a series of new visualizations that show fires detected by key fire-monitoring instruments on NASA satellites over the last decade. The visualizations show fire observations made by MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments on board the Terra and Aqua satellites. The visualization also includes vegetation and snow cover data to show how fires respond to seasonal changes. \"It's incredibly satisfying to see such a long record of fires visualized,\" said Chris Justice, a scientist from the University of Maryland who leads NASA's effort to use MODIS data to study the world's fires. \"It's not only exciting visually, but what you see here is a very good representation of the data scientists use to understand the global distribution of fires and to determine where and how fires are responding to climate change and population growth.\" North America is a region where fires are comparatively rare. North American fires make up just 2 percent of the world's burned area each year. The fires that receive the most attention in the United States, the uncontrolled forest fires in the West, are less visible than the wave of agricultural fires prominent in the Southeast and along the Mississippi River Valley, but some of the large wildfires that struck Texas earlier this spring are visible.More information on the Fire Information for Resource Management (FIRMS) is available at http://maps.geog.umd.edu/firms/. || ", "hits": 30 }, { "id": 3868, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3868/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-10-18T01:00:00-04:00", "title": "Global Fire Observations and MODIS NDVI", "description": "This visualization leads viewers on a narrated global tour of fire detections beginning in July 2002 and ending July 2011. The visualization also includes vegetation and snow cover data to show how fires respond to seasonal changes. The tour begins in Australia in 2002 by showing a network of massive grassland fires spreading across interior Australia as well as the greener Eucalyptus forests in the northern and eastern part of the continent. The tour then shifts to Asia where large numbers of agricultural fires are visible first in China in June 2004, then across a huge swath of Europe and western Russia in August, and then across India and Southeast Asia through the early part of 2005. It moves next to Africa, the continent that has more abundant burning than any other. MODIS observations have shown that some 70 percent of the world's fires occur in Africa alone. In what's a fairly average burning season, the visualization shows a huge outbreak of savanna fires during the dry season in Central Africa in July, August, and September of 2006, driven mainly by agricultural activities but also by the fact that the region experiences more lightning than anywhere else in the world. The tour shifts next to South America where a steady flickering of fire is visible across much of the Amazon rainforest with peaks of activity in September and November of 2009. Almost all of the fires in the Amazon are the direct result of human activity, including slash-and-burn agriculture, because the high moisture levels in the region prevent inhibit natural fires from occurring. It concludes in North America, a region where fires are comparatively rare. North American fires make up just 2 percent of the world's burned area each year. The fires that receive the most attention in the United States, the uncontrolled forest fires in the West, are less visible than the wave of agricultural fires prominent in the Southeast and along the Mississippi River Valley, but some of the large wildfires that struck Texas earlier this spring are visible. More information on the Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) is available at http://maps.geog.umd.edu/firms/. || ", "hits": 24 }, { "id": 10634, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10634/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-09-07T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Wildfire and Pine Beetles", "description": "Mountain pine beetles are native to Western forests, but in recent years their numbers have skyrocketed. As they damage more trees and kill whole regions of forest, some worry that the dead forest left behind has become a tinderbox ready to burn. But do pine beetles really increase fire risk?Using Landsat satellite data, University of Wisconsin forest ecologist Phil Townsend and his team are discovering that pine beetle damage appears not to have a significant impact in the risk of large fires. In fact, it might even reduce fire risk in some instances. || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 3649, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3649/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-10-06T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Food Consumers versus Food Producers", "description": "The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen collaboration. In support of this collaboration, NASA and the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) jointly funded a new project to assimilate NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data and products into an existing decision support system (DSS) operated by the International Production Assessment Division (IPAD) of FAS. To meet its objectives, FAS/IPAD uses satellite data and data products to monitor agriculture worldwide and to locate and keep track of natural disasters such as short and long term droughts, floods and persistent snow cover which impair agricultural productivity. FAS is the largest user of satellite imagery in the non-military sector of the U.S. government. For the last 20 years FAS has used a combination of Landsat and NOAA-AVHRR satellite data to monitor crop condition and report on episodic events. || ", "hits": 9 }, { "id": 3650, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3650/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-10-06T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Food Insecure Countries", "description": "The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen collaboration. In support of this collaboration, NASA and the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) jointly funded a new project to assimilate NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data and products into an existing decision support system (DSS) operated by the International Production Assessment Division (IPAD) of FAS. To meet its objectives, FAS/IPAD uses satellite data and data products to monitor agriculture worldwide and to locate and keep track of natural disasters such as short and long term droughts, floods and persistent snow cover which impair agricultural productivity. FAS is the largest user of satellite imagery in the non-military sector of the U.S. government. For the last 20 years FAS has used a combination of Landsat and NOAA-AVHRR satellite data to monitor crop condition and report on episodic events. Food security in 70 developing countries is projected to deteriorate over the next decade, according to USDA's Economic Research Service. After rising nearly 11 percent from 2007 to 2008, the number of food-insecure people in the developing countries analyzed by ERS researchers is estimated to rise to 833 million in 2009, an almost 2-percent rise from 2008 to 2009. Despite a decline in food prices in late 2008, deteriorating purchasing power and food security are expected in 2009 because of the growing financial deficits and higher inflation that have occurred in recent years. Food-insecure people are defined as those consuming less than the nutritional target of 2,100 calories per day per person. || ", "hits": 9 }, { "id": 3629, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3629/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-10-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Crop Intensity", "description": "The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen collaboration. In support of this collaboration, NASA and the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) jointly funded a new project to assimilate NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data and products into an existing decision support system (DSS) operated by the International Production Assessment Division (IPAD) of FAS. To meet its objectives, FAS/IPAD uses satellite data and data products to monitor agriculture worldwide and to locate and keep track of natural disasters such as short and long term droughts, floods and persistent snow cover which impair agricultural productivity. FAS is the largest user of satellite imagery in the non-military sector of the U.S. government. For the last 20 years FAS has used a combination of Landsat and NOAA-AVHRR satellite data to monitor crop condition and report on episodic events.To successfully monitor worldwide agricultural regions and provide accurate agricultural production assessments, it is important to understand the spatial distribution of croplands. To do this a global croplands mask to identify all sites used for crop production. Croplands are highly variable both temporally and spatially. Croplands vary from year to year due to events such as drought and fallow periods, and they vastly differ across the globe in accordance with characteristics such as cropping intensity and field size. A flexible crop likelihood mask is used to help depict these varying characteristics of global crop cover. Regions featuring intensive agro-industrial farming practices such as the Maize Triangle in South Africa will have higher confidence values in the crop mask as compared to less intensively farmed regions in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa where cropland identification is partly confounded with natural background vegetation phenologies. Thus, a customized threshold can be employed to examine areas of varying cropping intensification. || ", "hits": 38 }, { "id": 3646, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3646/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-10-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "2009 Crop Intensity, 2009 Producers, and 2050 Projected Population", "description": "The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen collaboration. In support of this collaboration, NASA and the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) jointly funded a new project to assimilate NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data and products into an existing decision support system (DSS) operated by the International Production Assessment Division (IPAD) of FAS. To meet its objectives, FAS/IPAD uses satellite data and data products to monitor agriculture worldwide and to locate and keep track of natural disasters such as short and long term droughts, floods and persistent snow cover which impair agricultural productivity. FAS is the largest user of satellite imagery in the non-military sector of the U.S. government. For the last 20 years FAS has used a combination of Landsat and NOAA-AVHRR satellite data to monitor crop condition and report on episodic events.To successfully monitor worldwide agricultural regions and provide accurate agricultural production assessments, it is important to understand the spatial distribution of croplands. To do this a global croplands mask to identify all sites used for crop production. Croplands are highly variable both temporally and spatially. Croplands vary from year to year due to events such as drought and fallow periods, and they vastly differ across the globe in accordance with characteristics such as cropping intensity and field size. A flexible crop likelihood mask is used to help depict these varying characteristics of global crop cover. Regions featuring intensive agro-industrial farming practices such as the Maize Triangle in South Africa will have higher confidence values in the crop mask as compared to less intensively farmed regions in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa where cropland identification is partly confounded with natural background vegetation phenologies. Thus, a customized threshold can be employed to examine areas of varying cropping intensification. || ", "hits": 17 }, { "id": 3624, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3624/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-09-13T01:00:00-04:00", "title": "2008 Northern Australia Fire Observations", "description": "The data used to generate this animation were collected by the NASA MODIS intrument. Data are collected four times per day using two satellite platforms. The instrument design included the capability to identify active fires sensing in the middle infrared part of the spectrum. The fire data used in the animation were generated by the MODIS advanced processing system at NASA. The MODIS Global Fire data are available free of charge and within a few hours of satellite acquisition. The fire data are used by scientists and fire managers around the world. The fires that these data show include - savanna fires, wildfires, managed fires, agricultural fires, and thermal anomalies associated with power plants or gas flares. Fires occur around the world at different times of the year. MODIS is entering its 10th year of data collection and we are using the data to study the global distribution of fires and document changed in fire regimes due to climate or land use change. These fire data are used by Australian fire managers and scientists. Dr Chris Justice and the MODIS team participated in the NAILSMA experiment. NAILSMA was commissioned by the Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce to convene a forum to bring together key Indigenous water experts from across the north of Australia to discuss their water interests and issues. This part of Northern Australia is an important area in terms of biodiversity and fire is an integral ecosystem process. We are interested in applying these data and other data from the MODIS instrument to better understand the occurence of fire and its characteristics in the Northern Territories with respect to emissions of trace gases into the atmosphere an the imacts of fire on the ecosystem. || ", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 3601, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3601/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-06-27T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Global Agricultural Monitoring", "description": "The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen collaboration. In support of this collaboration, NASA and the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) jointly funded a new project to assimilate NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data and products into an existing decision support system (DSS) operated by the International Production Assessment Division (IPAD) of FAS. To meet its objectives, FAS/IPAD uses satellite data and data products to monitor agriculture worldwide and to locate and keep track of natural disasters such as short and long term droughts, floods and persistent snow cover which impair agricultural productivity. FAS is the largest user of satellite imagery in the non-military sector of the U.S. government. For the last 20 years FAS has used a combination of Landsat and NOAA-AVHRR satellite data to monitor crop condition and report on episodic events. || ", "hits": 40 }, { "id": 3598, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3598/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-06-24T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Monitoring Agricultural Production from Space", "description": "Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) maps allow comparisons of the spatial and temporal variability in the amount and condition of vegetation. The time series satellite derived NDVI was used to monitor and analyze changes in vegetation patterns in the major wheat production domain area in Australia. The NDVI comparison was done during the growing season, April through November, for 2002, 2005, and 2006 and it found that significant differences in vegetation growth production. These data and utilities are fundamental for crop yield forecasts and can serve as an early warning system for regions suffering from crop loss and food shortages. Wheat is Australia's most important crop, with a seasonal gross value approaching 3 billion Australian dollars. Australia contributes between and 8 and 15% of world's wheat trade, making it the fourth largest exporter after the United States, Canada and the European Union. Severe drought in Australia not only decimating crops, but it also curtails exports and causes major price and trade impacts on global markets. In 2006, wheat exports dropped by a third from the year before which caused worldwide prices to soar to the highest levels in a decade. || ", "hits": 12 }, { "id": 3597, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3597/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-06-13T01:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fire Observations - As the World Turns", "description": "From space, we can understand fires in ways that are impossible from the ground. NASA research has contributed to much improved detection of fire for scientific purposes using satellite remote sensing and geographic information systems. This has helped advance our understanding of the impacts of fire in many areas of earth science, including atmospheric chemistry and the impacts on protected areas. This research has led to the development of a rapid response system widely used throughout the world for both natural resource management and for firefighting by providing near real-time information. In this animation of fires around the globe in 2007, each red dot marks a new fire. From brush fires in Africa to forest fires in North America, satellites are locating every significant fire on Earth to within one kilometer. More information on the Fire Information for Resource Management (FIRMS) is available at http://maps.geog.umd.edu/firms/ || ", "hits": 21 }, { "id": 3363, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3363/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2006-07-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Lights of Earth: Full Spin in High Resolution", "description": "The Lights of Earth can be seen from space. Human-made lights highlight particularly developed or populated areas of the Earth's surface, including the seaboards of Europe, the eastern United States, and Japan. Many large cities are located near rivers or oceans so that they can exchange goods cheaply by boat. Particularly dark areas include the central parts of South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The 'Earth at Night' picture is actually a composite of hundreds of images made by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). DMSP currently operates four satellites carrying the Operational Linescan System (OLS) in low-altitude polar orbits. Three of these satellites record nighttime data. The DMSP-OLS has a unique capability to detect low levels of visible-near infrared (VNIR) radiance at night. With the OLS 'VIS' band data it is possible to detect clouds illuminated by moonlight, plus lights from cities, towns, industrial sites, gas flares, and ephemeral events such as fires and lightning-illuminated clouds. The Nighttime Lights of the World data set is compiled from the October 1994 - March 1995 DMSP nighttime data collected when moonlight was low. Using the OLS thermal infrared band, areas containing clouds were removed and the remaining area used in the time series.A lower resolution version of this same animation can be found here. || ", "hits": 70 }, { "id": 3075, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3075/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-12-09T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Biomass Burning over South America", "description": "Biomass burning is the burning of living and dead vegetation. It includes the human-initiated burning of vegetation for land clearing and land-use change as well as natural, lightning-induced fires. Scientists estimate that humans are responsible for about 90% of biomass burning with only a small percentage of natural fires contributing to the total amount of vegetation burned. Burning vegetation releases large amounts of particulates (solid carbon combustion particles) and gases, including greenhouse gases that help warm the Earth. Studies suggest that biomass burning has increased on a global scale over the last 100 years, and computer calculations indicate that a hotter Earth resulting from global warming will lead to more frequent and larger fires. Biomass burning particulates impact climate and can also affect human health when they are inhaled, causing respiratory problems. Here are three images of South America on October 7, 2004. The first image shows clouds and fires on that day. The second image is clouds and nitrous dioxide (NO2) concentrations in the stratosphere. The last image overlays the fires on the NO2 data. || ", "hits": 11 }, { "id": 2972, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2972/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-08-19T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires Ravage Parts of Alaska and Canada", "description": "Alaska and Canada both suffered multi-fire damage. On June 29, 2004, these smoke plumes were detected from space by the Aqua satellite. || ", "hits": 17 }, { "id": 2973, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2973/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-08-19T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)", "description": "Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html. || ", "hits": 12 }, { "id": 2965, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2965/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-07-16T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires and Smoke Across Alaska and Canada", "description": "Alaska suffered from fire and smoke that can be seen from space. The Aqua satellite captured this breathtaking image on 29 June 2004. || ", "hits": 38 }, { "id": 2967, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2967/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-07-02T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "TOMS sees continental effects of 2004 Alaskan Fires", "description": "Wildfires started by lightning burned more than 80,000 acres in Alaska in June 2004. The effects of these fires can be seen across North America with the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) instrument on the Earth Probes spacecraft. TOMS detects the presence of UV-absorbing tropospheric aerosols across the globe. || ", "hits": 13 }, { "id": 2943, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2943/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-05-17T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Canadian Smoke Invades the East Coast", "description": "Smoke from multiple large wildfires in Canada blanketed the Great Lakes and eastern United States. The enormous smoke plume was almost 200 miles wide. The thick pall affected air quality from New York, to Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. and blocked the sunlight cooling the East Coast. The first image was taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite on July 7, 2002. The second image comes from NASA's Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) on the Earth Probe Satellite. || ", "hits": 24 }, { "id": 2909, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2909/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-02-13T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Wildfire Growth around Yellowstone National Park in 1988 (WMS)", "description": "During the summer of 1988, wildfires burned about 1.4 million acres in and around Yellowstone National Park. Spurred by the driest summer in park history, the fires started in early July and lasted until early October. The worst day was August 20, when tremendous winds pushed the fires to burn over 150,000 acres. Although the scars from these fires are still visible in Landsat imagery from space over ten years later, the patchwork nature of the fire footprint left many unburned areas from which plant species have regenerated very successfully. This animation shows how the fires progressed in the period from June 30 though October 2, 1988, by which time the fall rain and snow had stopped the fire growth. These maps are based on daily ground observations by fire lookouts in the park and by infrared imaging cameras flown over the park at night. These observations are considered accurate to within about 100 meters. || ", "hits": 72 }, { "id": 2890, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2890/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-02-10T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "African Fires During 2002 (WMS)", "description": "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. || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 20026, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20026/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2004-02-09T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Dust, Fire, Soot Inhibits Rainfall", "description": "Three Contributing Factors for Rainfall Inhibition - Dust is only one of three types of aerosols which can inhibit rainfall. Previous studies have shown that aerosols from biomass burning (i.e. burning of plant material such as forests, grasslands, and agricultural waste) and aerosols from man-made pollution also contribute to disturbing the rainfall process. This animation highlights the power of these three factors vs. the normal conditions of the rainfallprocess. In this virtual world, a dust storm rises from arid conditions. Biomass burning sends smoke and an industrial complex adds pollutants into clouds and the atmosphere, thus preventing any rainfall. The cloud on the left shows rainfall production in normal conditions. || ", "hits": 34 }, { "id": 2853, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2853/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-01-31T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Multisensor Fire Observations with Labels (HD Version)", "description": "From space, we can understand fires in ways that are impossible from the ground. New Earth-observing satellites capture the significant impact of fires on our planet. In this animation of fires around the globe in 2002, each red dot marks a new fire. Dots change color to yellow after a few days and to black when fires burn out. From brush fires in Africa to forest fires in North America, satellites are locating every significant fire on Earth to within one kilometer. In the summer and fall burning seasons, particularly destructive fires occurred in Colorado, Arizona, and Oregon. This version of the visualization displays descriptive text labels and color bars. There is a standard definition version available as well. || ", "hits": 28 }, { "id": 2854, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2854/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-01-31T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Multisensor Fire Observations without Labels (HD Version)", "description": "From space, we can understand fires in ways that are impossible from the ground. New Earth-observing satellites capture the significant impact of fires on our planet. In this animation of fires around the globe in 2002, each red dot marks a new fire. Dots change color to yellow after a few days and to black when fires burn out. From brush fires in Africa to forest fires in North America, satellites are locating every significant fire on Earth to within one kilometer. In the summer and fall burning seasons, particularly destructive fires occurred in Colorado, Arizona, and Oregon. This version of the animation displays a minimal set of labels. For a closed captioned version of this animation, see the standard definition version at animation ID 2806. || ", "hits": 19 }, { "id": 2858, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2858/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-11-24T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "California Fires MODIS imagery and TOMS Aerosols from October 2003", "description": "This animation sequences through the MODIS imagery of the devastating Californian fires from October 23, 2003 through October 29, 2003. Then the animation resets to October 23, 2003 and zooms out to see the TOMS aerosol sequence. It clearly shows that the California fires had an impact on air quality as far east as Maine. || ", "hits": 12 }, { "id": 2852, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2852/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-11-06T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "2003 California Fire Sequence as Seen by MODIS", "description": "This visualization shows the progression of the southern California fires of October 2003. Visible MODIS imagery from Aqua and Terra are used as well as thermal data to show fire locations. Active fires for particular days are shown in red, fires that are no longer active are shown in black (highlighting the 'burn scar'). || ", "hits": 6 }, { "id": 20003, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20003/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2003-11-05T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Soot Effects Rainfall", "description": "Heating Up the Atmosphere (Animation) - When soot absorbs sunlight, it heats the air and reduces the amount of sunlight reaching the ground, cooling the Earth's surface. The heated air makes the atmosphere unstable, creating rising air (convection) that forms clouds and brings rainfall to regions that are heavily polluted.The increase of rising air is balanced by an increase in sinking air (subsidence) and drying. When air sinks, clouds and thus rain, cannot form creating dry conditions. Soot or black carbon is the product of low temperature burning. It is generated from industrial pollution, traffic, outdoor fires and household burning of coal and biomass fuels. || ", "hits": 45 }, { "id": 20006, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20006/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2003-11-05T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Carbon Cycle", "description": "The Carbon Cycle - The carbon cycle on land, acted out here show a tree taking in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and combined with water and nutrients from the soil, growing. In the fall and winter, parts of the growth die off and release some carbon back into the system. At some point, the tree is no longer able to take in carbon and begins to die. When that happens, all the carbon absorbed in its body is released back into the cycle as it decomposes. Fire can accelerate this, sending plumes of carbon-laden aerosols into the atmosphere, as well as leaving carbon-rich ash deposits on the ground for further decomposition and recycling. || ", "hits": 24 }, { "id": 2707, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2707/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-11-03T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Multisensor Fire Observations", "description": "From space, we can understand fires in ways that are impossible from the ground. New Earth-observing satellites capture the significant impact of fires on our planet. In this animation of fires around the globe in 2002, each red dot marks a new fire. Dots change color to yellow after a few days and to black when fires burn out. From brush fires in Africa to forest fires in North America, satellites are locating every significant fire on Earth to within one kilometer. In the summer and fall burning seasons, particularly destructive fires occurred in Colorado, Arizona, and Oregon. || ", "hits": 21 }, { "id": 2806, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2806/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-11-03T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Multisensor Fire Observations without Labels", "description": "From space, we can understand fires in ways that are impossible from the ground. New Earth-observing satellites capture the significant impact of fires on our planet. In this animation of fires around the globe in 2002, each red dot marks a new fire. Dots change color to yellow after a few days and to black when fires burn out. From brush fires in Africa to forest fires in North America, satellites are locating every significant fire on Earth to within one kilometer. In the summer and fall burning seasons, particularly destructive fires occurred in Colorado, Arizona, and Oregon. This animation of remote sensing observations of fires and other related data was chosen as part of the SIGGRAPH 2003 Computer Animation Theater. (The only difference was that the SIGGRAPH version had shorter credits.) || ", "hits": 32 }, { "id": 20001, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20001/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2003-11-03T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Sensor Web: Smart Satellites", "description": "Smart Satellites Get a Closer Look - Along with semi-autonomous advancements in the RapidFire system, NASA is testing new integration techniques with the EO-1 spacecraft and its cutting edge ALI instrument. It works like this: when MODIS spots an area on the ground that may indicate fire, advanced software puts out an alert. That message essentially instructs ALI to point itself towards the zone of interest and get a close-up. If the resulting picture from this orbital dance shows risk for fire, the system can alert experts and officials to take action on the ground. The whole process is automated. That makes the observations and analysis fast, and in terms of fire management, speed counts. A system like this has the potential to greatly accelerate notification of potential trouble spots before they can get out of hand. || ", "hits": 9 }, { "id": 2846, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2846/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-10-29T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "California Fires with Fire Pixels", "description": "This visualization shows the Southern California Fires. || ", "hits": 16 }, { "id": 2847, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2847/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-10-29T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "California Fires without Fire Pixels", "description": "This Visualization shows the Southern California Fires. || ", "hits": 11 }, { "id": 2844, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2844/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-10-28T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Southern California Fires, October 27, 2003", "description": "This visualization shows the Southern California and Mexican fires as seen by Aqua/MODIS on October 27, 2003. || ", "hits": 12 }, { "id": 2845, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2845/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-10-28T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Southern California Fires, October 27, 2003 (Fire Pixels Included)", "description": "This visualization shows the Southern California and Mexican fires as seen by Aqua/MODIS on October 27, 2003. This version included red fire pixels to display each incident fire. || ", "hits": 12 }, { "id": 2842, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2842/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-10-27T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Southern California Fires, Oct 26, 2003", "description": "Several massive wildfires were raging across southern California over the weekend of October 25, 2003. Whipped by the hot, dry Santa Ana winds that blow toward the coast from interior deserts, at least one fire grew 10,000 acres in just 6 hours. Moving northwest to southeast along the coast, the first cluster of red dots is a combination of the Piru, Verdale, and the Simi Incident Fires; The next cluster-to the east of Los Angeles-is the Grand Prix (west) and Old (east) Fires; To their south is the Roblar 2 Fire; Next is the Paradise Fire; Then the massive Cedar Fire, whose thick smoke is completely overshadowing the coastal city of San Diego; Finally, at the California-Mexico border is the Otay Fire. At least 13 people have lost their lives because of these fires, which officials are reporting were caused by carelessness and arson. Thousands have been evacuated across the region and hundreds of homes have been lost. || ", "hits": 35 }, { "id": 2843, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2843/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-10-27T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Southern California Fires, Oct 26, 2003 (Western View of Smoke)", "description": "Several massive wildfires were raging across southern California over the weekend of October 25, 2003. Whipped by the hot, dry Santa Ana winds that blow toward the coast from interior deserts, at least one fire grew 10,000 acres in just six hours. Moving northwest to southeast along the coast, the first cluster of red dots is a combination of the Piru, Verdale, and Simi Incident Fires. The next cluster, to the east of Los Angeles, is the Grand Prix (west) and Old (east) Fires. To their south is the Roblar 2 Fire; next is the Paradise Fire; then the massive Cedar Fire, whose thick smoke is completely overshadowing the coastal city of San Diego; finally at the California-Mexico border is the Otay Fire. At least 13 people have lost their lives because of these fires, which officials are reporting were caused by carelessness and arson. Thousands have been evacuated across the region and hundreds of homes have been lost. || ", "hits": 27 }, { "id": 2807, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2807/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-09-25T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Arizona Fires from Aqua/MODIS", "description": "This visualization was a quick-turn around showing two fires in Arizona using Aqua/MODIS data from 20 September 2003. || a002807.00100_print.png (720x480) [712.0 KB] || two_fires_640x480_pre.jpg (320x240) [12.3 KB] || two_fires_320x240_thm.png (80x40) [4.7 KB] || two_fires_640x480_pre_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [78.8 KB] || two_fires_NTSC.webmhd.webm (960x540) [927.5 KB] || 720x486_4x3_29.97p (720x486) [16.0 KB] || two_fires_640x480.mpg (640x480) [2.2 MB] || two_fires_NTSC.m2v (720x480) [3.4 MB] || a002807.dv (720x480) [17.2 MB] || a002807_two_fires_NTSC.mp4 (640x480) [728.7 KB] || two_fires_320x240.mpg (320x240) [568.1 KB] || ", "hits": 11 }, { "id": 2790, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2790/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-08-04T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Time Series of the Biscuit Fire", "description": "This animation contains a time series of print resolution still images showing the progression of the Biscuit fire in Oregon during 2002. Fire locations are represented as particles that change color as the fire ages. The Biscuit fire burned 500,000 acres of forest in Oregon and Northern California during the summer and fall of 2002. || ", "hits": 60 }, { "id": 2791, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2791/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-08-04T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Time Series of the Biscuit Fire with Smoke", "description": "This animation contains a time series of print resolution still images showing the progression of the Biscuit fire with smoke plumes in Oregon during 2002. Fire locations are represented as particles that change color as the fire ages. The Biscuit fire burned 500,000 acres of forest in Oregon and Northern California during the summer and fall of 2002. || ", "hits": 13 }, { "id": 2788, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2788/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-07-30T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Montana and Alberta (Canada) fires - July 29, 2003", "description": "Push-in to the fires in Montana (US) and Alberta (Canada). || ", "hits": 17 }, { "id": 2789, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2789/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-07-30T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Washington Fawn Peak Complex Fire - July 29, 2003", "description": "Push-in to the Fawn Peak Complex fire in Washington. || ", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 2786, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2786/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-07-29T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires in the Northwest - July 28, 2003", "description": "A view of the fires in Glacier National Park from Aqua/MODIS. || ", "hits": 8 }, { "id": 2787, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2787/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-07-29T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires in the Northwest (Fire Pixels) - July 28, 2003", "description": "A view of the fires in Glacier National Park from Aqua/MODIS. || ", "hits": 4 }, { "id": 2772, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2772/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-07-03T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Zoom to the Aspen Fire, Arizona on June 19, 2003", "description": "Twenty miles north of Tucson, Arizona, the Aspen Fire rages through the Coronado National Forest. This animation zooms into the Aspen Fire showing the extent of the smoke plume on June 19, 2003. || ", "hits": 17 }, { "id": 2773, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2773/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-07-03T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "A Time Series of the Aspen, Arizona Fire from June 19 - 24, 2003 (Offset View)", "description": "Twenty miles north of Tucson, Arizona, the Aspen Fire rages through the Coronado National Forest. This time series shows the growth of the Aspen fire over the weekend of June 19-24, 2003. The view is offset to show the extent of the smoke plumes. || ", "hits": 8 }, { "id": 2774, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2774/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-07-03T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "A Time Series of the Aspen Fire North of Tucson, Arizona from June 19 - 24, 2003", "description": "Twenty miles north of Tucson, Arizona, the Aspen Fire rages through the Coronado National Forest. This time series shows the growth of the Aspen fire over the weekend of June 19-24, 2003. || ", "hits": 9 }, { "id": 2775, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2775/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-07-03T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Zoom to the Aspen Fire, Arizona on June 24, 2003", "description": "Twenty miles north of Tucson, Arizona, the Aspen Fire rages through the Coronado National Forest. This animation zooms into the Aspen fire showing the smoke plume on June 24, 2003. || ", "hits": 16 }, { "id": 2776, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2776/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-07-03T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Aspen Fire, Arizona", "description": "Images from NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites have become a regular part of the National Interagency Fire Center's firefighting toolkit. The images help the center track fires on a daily basis and are used in allocating precious firefighting resources. || ", "hits": 8 }, { "id": 2739, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2739/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-05-21T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Asian Smoke Seen by SeaWiFS", "description": "Hundreds of forest fires continue to burn across the boreal forests of Russia, releasing thick clouds of smoke that are spreading as far south as South Korea and central China. || ", "hits": 15 }, { "id": 2679, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2679/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-01-23T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Fires and Smoke in Southeast Australia, January 23, 2003", "description": "Aqua's rapid fire gallery features today's image of the fires in Southeast Australia. A state of emergency is still in effect in Canberra, Australia with very hot, dry and windy conditions predicted over the next couple of days. A fire continues to burn in the McIntyre Hut area north-west of Canberra. Another fire, the Gudgenby fire, continues to burn to Canberra's south. There is a total fire ban in force in the region for the next six days. || ", "hits": 12 }, { "id": 2638, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2638/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-10-24T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over Central America during 2001 and 2002", "description": "This animation shows fire activity over North America from 8/21/2001 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 10 days per second. The particles fade over 1.7 seconds and change color as they age from red to orange, yellow and gray. || ", "hits": 5 }, { "id": 2639, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2639/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-10-24T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over Central America during 2001 and 2002 with Clock", "description": "This animation shows fire activity over Central America from 8/21/2001 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 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. A clock inset indicates the date. || ", "hits": 8 }, { "id": 2522, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2522/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Global Revolution of Fires During 2001 and 2002", "description": "This animation shows a unique picture of annual fire activity. Here, global fire activity between 8/21/2001 and 8/20/2002 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 gray. || ", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 2524, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2524/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "A Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002", "description": "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 gray. || ", "hits": 20 }, { "id": 2525, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2525/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "A Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002 with Clock", "description": "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 gray. A clock overlay shows the date. || ", "hits": 11 }, { "id": 2526, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2526/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Annual Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002 on a Flat Map", "description": "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. || ", "hits": 22 }, { "id": 2527, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2527/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Annual Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002 on a Flat Map with Clock", "description": "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. A clock inset shows the date. || ", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 2528, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2528/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over the Western US during 2002 with Zoom", "description": "This animation shows the camera pulling out from the Southwestern US while fire activity during the summer of 2002 is displayed. 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 5 days per second. The particles fade over 3.4 seconds and change color as they age from red to orange, yellow and gray. || ", "hits": 9 }, { "id": 2529, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2529/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over the Western US during 2002 with Zoom and Clock", "description": "This animation shows the camera pulling out from the Southwestern US while fire activity during the summer of 2002 is displayed. 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 5 days per second. The particles fade over 3.4 seconds and change color as they age from red to orange, yellow and gray. A clock inset indicates the date. || ", "hits": 6 }, { "id": 2530, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2530/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over the Western US during 2002 with Still Camera", "description": "This animation shows fire activity over the Western US during the summer of 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 5 days per second. The particles fade over 3.4 seconds and change color as they age from red to orange, yellow and gray. || ", "hits": 2 }, { "id": 2531, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2531/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over the Western US during 2002 with Still Camera and Clock", "description": "This animation shows fire activity over the Western US during the summer of 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 5 days per second. The particles fade over 3.4 seconds and change color as they age from red to orange, yellow and gray. A clock inset indicates the date. || ", "hits": 2 }, { "id": 2532, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2532/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over the United States during the Summer of 2002", "description": "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 gray. || ", "hits": 2 }, { "id": 2533, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2533/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over the United States during the Summer of 2002 with Clock", "description": "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 gray. A clock inset shows the date. || ", "hits": 2 }, { "id": 2534, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2534/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over North America during 2001 and 2002 ", "description": "This animation shows fire activity over North America from 8/21/2001 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 10 days per second. The particles fade over 1.7 seconds and change color as they age from red to orange, yellow and gray. || ", "hits": 8 }, { "id": 2535, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2535/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over North America during 2001 and 2002 with Clock", "description": "This animation shows fire activity over North America from 8/21/2001 to 8/20/2002. 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The fire particles fade over 1.7 seconds and change color as they age from red to orange, yellow and gray. || ", "hits": 12 }, { "id": 2537, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2537/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over South America during 2001 and 2002 with Clock", "description": "This animation shows fire activity over South America from 8/21/2001 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 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. A clock inset indicates the date. || ", "hits": 10 }, { "id": 2538, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2538/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over Europe during 2001 and 2002", "description": "This animation shows fire activity over Europe from 8/21/2001 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 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. || ", "hits": 2 }, { "id": 2539, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2539/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over Europe during 2001 and 2002 with Clock", "description": "This animation shows fire activity over Europe from 8/21/2001 to 8/20/2002. 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The fire particles fade over 1.7 seconds and change color as they age from red to orange, yellow and gray. || ", "hits": 6 }, { "id": 2541, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2541/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over Asia during 2001 and 2002 with Clock", "description": "This animation shows fire activity over Asia from 8/21/2001 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 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. A clock inset indicates the date. || ", "hits": 3 }, { "id": 2542, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2542/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over Africa during 2001 and 2002", "description": "This animation shows fire activity over Africa from 8/21/2001 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 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. || ", "hits": 4 }, { "id": 2543, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2543/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over Africa during 2001 and 2002 with Clock", "description": "This animation shows fire activity over Africa from 8/21/2001 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 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. A clock inset indicates the date. || ", "hits": 7 }, { "id": 2544, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2544/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over Australia during 2001 and 2002", "description": "This animation shows fire activity over Australia from 8/21/2001 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 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. || ", "hits": 5 }, { "id": 2545, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2545/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over Australia during 2001 and 2002 with Clock", "description": "This animation shows fire activity over Australia from 8/21/2001 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 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. A clock inset indicates the date. || ", "hits": 15 }, { "id": 2546, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2546/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Portrait of Global Fires with Zoom to Rodeo/Chediski Fire", "description": "This animation shows a unique picture of seasonal and yearly 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 gray. || ", "hits": 24 }, { "id": 2547, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2547/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Portrait of Global Fires with Zoom to Rodeo/Chediski Fire with Clock", "description": "This animation shows a unique picture of seasonal and yearly 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 gray. A clock inset displays the date. || ", "hits": 7 }, { "id": 2508, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2508/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-08-26T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires Near Sequoia National Forest", "description": "Another view of the fires near the Sequoia National Forest. || Zoom in on California coast and fade in fire pixels. || a002508.00005_print.png (720x480) [525.9 KB] || Sequoia_fires2_pre.jpg (320x240) [9.9 KB] || a002508.webmhd.webm (960x540) [1.7 MB] || a002508.dv (720x480) [40.5 MB] || Sequoia_fires2.mpg (320x240) [569.9 KB] || Closeup on the smoke plume. || sequoia0001.jpg (2560x1920) [645.7 KB] || sequoia0001_web.jpg (320x240) [11.6 KB] || sequoia0001.tif (2560x1920) [3.9 MB] || ", "hits": 10 }, { "id": 2767, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2767/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-08-25T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Smoke from Oregon Fires - Aug 2002", "description": "At the Oregon-California state line, an immense wildfire that resulted from the combination of two separate blazes has now burned over 375,000 acres and is still growing. The Biscuit Fire, Formerly the Florence Fire and the Sour Biscuit Fire, was sparked by lightning in the Klamath Mountains in Oregon and has burned over the state line into California. The columns of smoke billowing from the fire reach far south down the Pacific Coast. || ", "hits": 41 } ] }