Fire near Khouzistan (IR)

30.75°N, 48.28°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 62 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 601 ha.

Detected extent: 601 ha
Cumulative power: 1,972 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 151 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 62

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 00:37	177 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 00:27	242 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 00:25	100 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 00:17	264 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 00:10	80 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 00:07	276 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 23:57	203 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 23:55	108 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 23:55	113 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 23:47	261 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 23:40	91 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 23:40	127 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 23:37	185 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 23:27	247 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 23:25	79 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 23:25	235 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 23:17	277 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 23:10	73 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 23:09	258 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 23:07	261 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 22:57	273 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 22:55	150 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 22:54	126 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 22:47	263 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 22:40	65 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 22:37	116 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 22:27	291 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 22:25	70 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 22:24	131 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 22:17	202 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 22:10	69 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 22:09	122 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 22:07	135 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:57	132 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:55	148 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 21:54	140 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:47	286 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 21:40	195 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 21:39	141 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:37	300 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 21:27	258 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 21:25	176 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 21:24	148 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:17	162 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 21:10	187 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 21:09	133 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:07	281 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 20:57	250 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 20:55	112 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 20:54	151 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 20:47	281 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 20:40	120 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 20:39	303 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 20:37	246 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 20:27	158 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:25	117 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 20:17	172 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:10	95 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 20:09	293 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 20:07	236 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:57	325 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:55	196 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 19:54	140 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 19:47	226 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 19:40	204 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 19:39	134 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 19:37	190 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 19:27	308 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 19:25	88 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 19:24	142 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 19:17	217 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 19:10	118 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 19:07	235 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 19:02	163 MW	4	Terra
6 September at 18:57	126 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 18:55	199 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 18:47	60 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 18:40	104 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 18:37	79 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 18:27	158 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 18:25	111 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 18:17	291 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 18:10	150 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 18:09	137 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 18:07	263 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 17:57	187 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 17:54	124 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 17:54	128 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 17:47	286 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 17:39	190 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 17:39	253 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 17:37	323 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 17:27	245 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 17:24	178 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 17:24	141 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 17:17	335 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 17:09	80 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 17:09	140 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 17:07	215 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:57	321 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 16:54	200 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 16:54	272 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 16:47	278 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:39	147 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 16:39	105 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 16:37	271 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:27	325 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:24	296 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 16:24	220 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 16:17	209 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:09	195 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 16:09	251 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 16:07	203 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:57	317 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:54	159 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 15:54	161 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 15:47	283 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 15:39	239 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 15:37	290 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:27	252 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:24	211 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 15:17	286 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:09	247 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 15:07	291 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:57	348 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:54	124 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 14:47	302 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:39	241 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 14:37	400 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:27	216 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 14:24	241 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 14:17	280 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:09	222 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 14:07	287 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 13:57	324 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 13:54	61 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 13:47	298 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 13:37	228 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 13:27	318 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 13:17	301 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 13:07	207 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:57	282 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 12:47	230 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 12:47	281 MW	5	N21
6 September at 12:37	298 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:27	242 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:17	292 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:07	363 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 12:02	152 MW	6	N20
6 September at 11:57	219 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 11:47	265 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 11:43	145 MW	3	N
6 September at 11:37	197 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 11:27	239 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 11:17	260 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 11:07	298 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 11:07	245 MW	6	N21
6 September at 10:57	265 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 10:47	230 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 10:37	299 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 10:27	332 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 08:03	165 MW	2	Terra
6 September at 02:37	136 MW	2	Aqua
6 September at 01:29	217 MW	8	N21
6 September at 00:46	119 MW	7	N20
6 September at 00:27	147 MW	9	N
5 September at 23:50	202 MW	10	N21

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