Fire near Al-Basra (IQ)

31.03°N, 47.28°E · first detected on 5 September at 23:50

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 5 September at 23:50 to 6 September at 19:02, through 58 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 566 ha.

Detected extent: 566 ha
Cumulative power: 1,745 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 148 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 58

These four figures cover the polar orbits alone, the ones that measure an area. The pass table below also counts geostationary detections, more frequent but too coarse for geometry, and its power column sums a whole pass where the peak above is that of a single pixel.

“Detected extent” is not “burned area”: it is the union of the ground footprints of the satellite pixels, and a 375 m pixel counts in full even when only a forest edge is burning. Compared with press figures it is in practice one and a half to three times the area reported. Detections taken at the edge of the scan swath, too coarse to measure anything at all, are excluded. These figures come from thermal detection and are not an official assessment: only the emergency services and the competent authorities are authoritative.

Replay how the fire spread

The map is framed on this fire and loads only its detections. The timeline below covers the whole known life of the fire, from the first trace, satellite or report, to the last announcement from emergency services, and the ticks on the bar mark those announcements. Detections often stop before containment: a fire stops radiating once it stops spreading, which is exactly when it is declared contained. “1 h” shows what is burning within an hour of the chosen moment : the map then follows the power curve below and empties when it falls. “12 h” stacks twelve hours , as the home map does, where stacking avoids an empty screen between two satellite passes. Both are true, but they say different things.

How the radiative power evolved

One point per satellite pass: the sum of the fire radiative power measured over the fire. This is the curve that says whether the fire eased off or picked up again, which no cumulative figure shows. The window covers 3 days; beyond that, clustering would merge two successive fires in the same place.

Fire dynamics

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Satellite passes in detail

Pass	Power summed over the pass	Detections	Sensor
7 September at 00:27	207 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 00:17	79 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 00:10	241 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 00:10	167 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 00:07	188 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 23:57	257 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 23:55	321 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 23:55	151 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 23:47	216 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 23:40	216 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 23:40	163 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 23:37	211 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 23:27	271 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 23:25	157 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 23:25	222 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 23:17	192 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 23:10	327 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 23:10	158 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 23:07	168 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 22:57	227 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 22:55	136 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 22:55	229 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 22:47	147 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 22:40	191 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 22:39	171 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 22:37	204 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 22:27	246 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 22:25	215 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 22:24	170 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 22:17	151 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 22:10	200 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 22:09	169 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 22:07	256 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 21:57	227 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 21:55	352 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 21:54	149 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:47	158 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 21:40	211 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 21:39	173 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:37	316 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 21:27	270 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 21:25	123 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 21:24	161 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:17	174 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 21:10	121 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 21:09	161 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:07	209 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 20:57	118 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:55	186 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 20:54	199 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 20:47	244 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 20:40	106 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 20:39	159 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 20:37	271 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 20:27	242 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 20:25	122 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 20:24	181 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 20:17	27 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:10	101 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 20:07	277 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 19:57	298 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 19:55	208 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 19:54	191 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 19:47	287 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 19:40	217 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 19:39	187 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 19:37	199 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:27	226 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 19:25	215 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 19:24	172 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 19:17	186 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:10	171 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 19:09	136 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 19:07	217 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:02	198 MW	4	Terra
6 September at 18:57	169 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 18:55	116 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 18:47	87 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 18:40	176 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 18:39	116 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 18:37	190 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 18:27	185 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 18:25	105 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 18:17	151 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 18:10	104 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 18:09	126 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 18:07	88 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 17:57	209 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 17:55	77 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 17:47	69 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 17:39	81 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 17:39	109 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 17:37	95 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 17:27	189 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 17:24	123 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 17:24	71 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 17:17	222 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 17:09	109 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 17:09	86 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 17:07	198 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:57	189 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:54	108 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 16:54	80 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 16:47	152 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:39	157 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 16:39	90 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 16:37	187 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 16:27	206 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:24	97 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 16:24	141 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 16:17	186 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:09	129 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 16:09	73 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 16:07	204 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:57	173 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 15:54	140 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 15:54	111 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 15:47	239 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 15:39	123 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 15:39	109 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 15:37	231 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:27	184 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:24	103 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 15:17	156 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 15:09	232 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 15:07	221 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:57	131 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 14:54	81 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 14:47	209 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 14:39	107 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 14:37	156 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 14:27	214 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 14:24	124 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 14:17	180 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 14:09	80 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 14:07	214 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 13:57	154 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 13:54	93 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 13:47	167 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 13:39	114 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 13:37	201 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 13:34	148 MW	1	Aqua
6 September at 13:27	179 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 13:17	228 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 13:07	162 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:57	197 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:47	180 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 12:47	191 MW	3	N21
6 September at 12:37	186 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 12:27	194 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 12:24	114 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 12:17	136 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 12:09	113 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 12:07	191 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:02	135 MW	11	N20
6 September at 11:57	247 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 11:54	119 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 11:47	295 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 11:37	248 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 11:27	243 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 11:17	228 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 11:07	418 MW	7	N21
6 September at 11:07	223 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 10:57	321 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 10:47	199 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 10:37	265 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 10:27	253 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 08:03	95 MW	2	Terra
6 September at 02:37	87 MW	2	Aqua
6 September at 01:29	175 MW	5	N21
6 September at 00:46	46 MW	8	N20
6 September at 00:27	106 MW	8	N
5 September at 23:50	146 MW	7	N21

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