Fire near Khouzistan (IR)

31.00°N, 48.14°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 31 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 420 ha.

Detected extent: 420 ha
Cumulative power: 960 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 91 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 31

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
6 September at 23:47	45 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 23:40	77 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 23:37	134 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 23:27	70 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 23:25	72 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 23:17	124 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 23:10	58 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 23:07	137 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 22:55	75 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 22:47	126 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 22:37	130 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 22:27	149 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 22:25	69 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 22:17	170 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 22:10	71 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 22:07	155 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 21:57	136 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:55	74 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 21:47	135 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:40	74 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 21:37	152 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 21:27	137 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:25	60 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 21:17	136 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:10	73 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 21:07	183 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 20:57	159 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 20:55	70 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 20:47	114 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 20:40	78 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 20:37	164 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 20:27	195 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 20:25	106 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 20:17	98 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:10	82 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 20:07	142 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:57	151 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:55	80 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 19:47	170 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:40	100 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 19:37	173 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:27	98 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 19:17	150 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:10	90 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 19:07	198 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:02	71 MW	1	Terra
6 September at 18:57	117 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 18:55	82 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 18:47	102 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 18:40	88 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 18:37	135 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 18:27	90 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 18:25	73 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 18:17	27 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 18:10	74 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 18:07	134 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 17:57	35 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 17:55	75 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 17:47	116 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 17:39	76 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 17:37	161 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 17:27	166 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 17:24	74 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 17:17	111 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 17:07	139 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:57	150 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:54	82 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 16:47	155 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:37	133 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:27	154 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:17	124 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:09	88 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 16:07	145 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:57	119 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 15:54	116 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 15:54	80 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 15:47	123 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 15:39	111 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 15:39	145 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 15:37	159 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:27	120 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 15:24	89 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 15:24	155 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 15:17	176 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:09	137 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 15:07	134 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 14:57	99 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 14:54	140 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 14:47	84 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 14:39	163 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 14:37	104 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 14:27	117 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 14:24	150 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 14:17	115 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 14:07	134 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 13:57	145 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 13:47	154 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 13:37	144 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 13:27	205 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 13:17	165 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 13:07	121 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 12:57	150 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 12:47	262 MW	4	N21
6 September at 12:47	175 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 12:37	157 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:27	109 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 12:17	119 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:07	149 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 11:57	177 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 11:47	132 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 11:37	167 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 11:27	133 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 11:17	123 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 11:07	129 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 11:07	142 MW	4	N21
6 September at 10:57	193 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 10:47	155 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 10:37	133 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 10:27	124 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 08:03	64 MW	2	Terra
6 September at 02:37	43 MW	2	Aqua
6 September at 01:29	68 MW	2	N21
6 September at 00:46	54 MW	5	N20
6 September at 00:27	115 MW	6	N
5 September at 23:50	142 MW	5	N21

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