Fire near Katanga (CD)

7.25°S, 29.54°E

What the satellites measured

This fire is not in the last thirty days of the fire list, but detections remain around this point: the curve below is rebuilt from the raw pixels, which are kept for a hundred days.

“Detected extent” is not “burned area”: it is the union of the ground footprints of the satellite pixels, and a pixel counts in full (375 m for VIIRS, 1 km for MODIS) 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's footprint and loads only its detections. The timeline below covers the period in which satellites saw it, from the first to the last detection, with twelve hours before and twenty-four after; the ticks on the bar mark the emergency services' announcements that fall within it. The cursor opens on the most powerful pass, and playback replays the whole fire in about thirty seconds. “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. “24 h” stacks twenty-four hours : a fire stays visible between two satellite passes, which come two to four times a day. 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 30 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
23 October at 02:01	1 MW	1	N21
23 October at 01:16	2 MW	2	N20
22 October at 23:05	67 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 23:05	45 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 23:04	84 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 22:54	198 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 22:50	105 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 22:50	162 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 22:44	47 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 22:35	15 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 22:34	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 22:24	41 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 22:20	50 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 22:20	82 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 22:05	10 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 21:44	77 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 20:56	14 MW	1	Terra
22 October at 14:12	24 MW	5	N20
22 October at 13:54	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:51	305 MW	32	N
22 October at 13:44	187 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:35	238 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:34	227 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:24	67 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:17	611 MW	44	N21
22 October at 13:14	78 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:04	180 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:54	44 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:44	23 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:34	133 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:24	123 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:14	38 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:04	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:54	63 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:44	139 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:44	141 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 10:34	120 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:54	168 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:42	8 MW	1	Aqua
21 October at 11:54	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 01:54	9 MW	3	N20
21 October at 01:33	4 MW	4	N
21 October at 00:59	1 MW	1	N21
19 October at 20:36	5 MW	1	Terra
19 October at 14:12	40 MW	4	N21
19 October at 13:28	323 MW	31	N20
19 October at 13:08	379 MW	29	N
19 October at 08:22	29 MW	1	Terra
18 October at 13:47	204 MW	26	N20
18 October at 13:28	149 MW	21	N
18 October at 12:49	398 MW	8	N21
17 October at 13:47	6 MW	1	N
16 October at 14:23	17 MW	2	N20
16 October at 14:04	206 MW	19	N
16 October at 13:28	358 MW	27	N21
16 October at 12:43	21 MW	3	N20
16 October at 03:34	21 MW	2	Aqua
16 October at 01:48	34 MW	26	N20
16 October at 01:29	74 MW	47	N
16 October at 00:52	132 MW	50	N21
15 October at 14:23	106 MW	11	N
15 October at 13:47	475 MW	26	N21
15 October at 13:02	1,534 MW	152	N20
15 October at 02:05	30 MW	17	N20
15 October at 01:46	132 MW	26	N
15 October at 01:09	63 MW	24	N21
14 October at 20:38	109 MW	10	Terra
14 October at 14:06	774 MW	67	N21
14 October at 13:21	1,576 MW	74	N20
14 October at 13:02	792 MW	49	N
14 October at 08:25	168 MW	11	Terra
14 October at 03:54	23 MW	2	Aqua
14 October at 02:05	35 MW	19	N
14 October at 01:29	49 MW	25	N21
14 October at 00:44	40 MW	13	N20
13 October at 20:00	245 MW	4	Terra
13 October at 15:31	218 MW	12	Aqua
13 October at 14:23	607 MW	33	N21
13 October at 13:40	1,040 MW	94	N20
12 October at 13:02	1,503 MW	81	N21
12 October at 08:44	45 MW	3	Terra
12 October at 02:05	22 MW	3	N21
12 October at 01:22	22 MW	12	N20
12 October at 01:03	25 MW	11	N
12 October at 00:27	46 MW	10	N21
11 October at 20:19	40 MW	3	Terra
11 October at 15:55	212 MW	14	Aqua
11 October at 14:17	229 MW	36	N20
11 October at 13:57	379 MW	37	N
11 October at 13:21	534 MW	56	N21
11 October at 03:39	20 MW	2	Aqua
11 October at 01:41	77 MW	24	N20
11 October at 01:22	30 MW	18	N
11 October at 00:46	7 MW	5	N21
10 October at 15:16	81 MW	2	Aqua
10 October at 14:19	1,125 MW	111	N
10 October at 13:40	1,503 MW	84	N21
10 October at 12:56	972 MW	58	N20
10 October at 09:03	83 MW	3	Terra
10 October at 01:58	12 MW	7	N20
10 October at 01:03	39 MW	7	N21
9 October at 20:38	61 MW	9	Terra
9 October at 16:16	326 MW	8	Aqua
9 October at 14:36	756 MW	57	N
9 October at 14:00	1,377 MW	94	N21
9 October at 13:15	955 MW	106	N20
9 October at 12:56	561 MW	66	N
9 October at 08:25	41 MW	3	Terra
9 October at 02:20	31 MW	9	N20
9 October at 02:01	16 MW	8	N
9 October at 01:22	14 MW	9	N21
9 October at 00:37	9 MW	7	N20
8 October at 20:02	157 MW	2	Terra
8 October at 01:41	24 MW	16	N21
8 October at 00:59	61 MW	30	N20
8 October at 00:37	6 MW	3	N
7 October at 21:00	126 MW	5	Terra
7 October at 13:51	1,716 MW	68	N20
7 October at 13:34	633 MW	74	N
7 October at 12:56	2,016 MW	48	N21
7 October at 02:01	1 MW	1	N21
7 October at 01:16	83 MW	62	N20
7 October at 00:57	30 MW	19	N
6 October at 20:21	36 MW	2	Terra
6 October at 16:01	836 MW	37	Aqua
6 October at 14:12	1,311 MW	119	N20
6 October at 13:51	1,514 MW	98	N
6 October at 13:17	1,224 MW	78	N21
6 October at 03:47	57 MW	4	Aqua
6 October at 01:33	55 MW	25	N20
6 October at 01:16	45 MW	28	N
6 October at 00:37	34 MW	11	N21
5 October at 21:19	108 MW	2	Terra
5 October at 14:12	143 MW	5	N
5 October at 13:34	27 MW	3	N21
5 October at 12:49	6 MW	1	N20
4 October at 20:43	14 MW	2	Terra
4 October at 14:29	14 MW	2	N
4 October at 13:53	678 MW	71	N21
4 October at 13:10	55 MW	2	N20
4 October at 12:49	9 MW	1	N
4 October at 08:27	49 MW	3	Terra
4 October at 02:11	2 MW	1	N20
4 October at 01:52	12 MW	12	N
4 October at 01:16	3 MW	3	N21
4 October at 00:31	24 MW	9	N20
3 October at 15:45	903 MW	55	Aqua
3 October at 14:12	2,062 MW	111	N21
3 October at 13:28	2,287 MW	157	N20
3 October at 13:08	1,461 MW	155	N
3 October at 03:32	8 MW	1	Aqua
3 October at 02:11	5 MW	1	N
3 October at 01:35	3 MW	2	N21
3 October at 00:52	2 MW	1	N20
2 October at 15:08	60 MW	1	Aqua
2 October at 13:47	621 MW	47	N20
2 October at 13:28	1,851 MW	86	N
2 October at 12:49	1,572 MW	113	N21
2 October at 08:46	249 MW	8	Terra
2 October at 01:09	18 MW	9	N20
1 October at 20:21	71 MW	4	Terra
1 October at 16:10	429 MW	10	Aqua
1 October at 14:06	2,121 MW	147	N20
1 October at 13:47	3,193 MW	265	N
1 October at 13:10	3,068 MW	207	N21
1 October at 03:54	25 MW	2	Aqua
1 October at 02:12	8 MW	2	N21
1 October at 01:29	82 MW	43	N20
1 October at 01:09	109 MW	53	N
1 October at 00:31	47 MW	22	N21
30 September at 15:29	434 MW	8	Aqua
30 September at 14:23	37 MW	3	N20
30 September at 14:04	106 MW	15	N
30 September at 13:28	193 MW	18	N21
30 September at 09:07	74 MW	1	Terra
30 September at 01:48	29 MW	29	N20
30 September at 01:29	74 MW	42	N
30 September at 00:52	16 MW	3	N21
29 September at 20:43	76 MW	8	Terra
29 September at 14:23	1,985 MW	108	N
29 September at 13:47	1,890 MW	69	N21
29 September at 13:02	1,128 MW	107	N20
29 September at 08:27	280 MW	9	Terra
29 September at 04:15	52 MW	1	Aqua
29 September at 02:05	147 MW	28	N20
29 September at 01:46	91 MW	34	N
29 September at 01:09	58 MW	25	N21
28 September at 15:53	201 MW	10	Aqua
28 September at 14:06	1,181 MW	70	N21
28 September at 13:21	485 MW	40	N20
28 September at 01:29	3 MW	3	N21
27 September at 01:03	4 MW	4	N20
26 September at 13:58	269 MW	41	N20
26 September at 13:40	338 MW	36	N
26 September at 13:03	91 MW	13	N21
26 September at 02:05	16 MW	6	N21
26 September at 01:22	30 MW	27	N20
26 September at 01:01	22 MW	16	N
26 September at 00:27	10 MW	2	N21
25 September at 15:38	353 MW	11	Aqua
25 September at 14:17	666 MW	87	N20
25 September at 13:57	1,049 MW	105	N
25 September at 13:21	843 MW	81	N21
25 September at 01:39	8 MW	6	N20
25 September at 01:22	16 MW	10	N
25 September at 00:44	11 MW	6	N21
24 September at 14:18	179 MW	26	N
24 September at 13:40	339 MW	32	N21
24 September at 12:56	85 MW	9	N20
24 September at 01:39	9 MW	4	N
24 September at 01:03	2 MW	1	N21
23 September at 15:59	11 MW	1	Aqua
23 September at 14:36	113 MW	10	N
23 September at 14:00	590 MW	36	N21
23 September at 13:14	295 MW	32	N20
23 September at 12:56	260 MW	21	N

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