Fire near Khouzistan (IR)

31.27°N, 48.12°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 40 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 591 ha.

Detected extent: 591 ha
Cumulative power: 1,186 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 89 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 40

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	123 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 00:27	50 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 00:25	142 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 00:17	75 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 00:10	76 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 00:07	133 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 23:57	94 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 23:55	65 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 23:47	195 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 23:40	81 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 23:37	119 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 23:27	51 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 23:25	134 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 23:25	90 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 23:17	52 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 23:10	70 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 23:07	91 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 22:57	185 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 22:55	133 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 22:47	150 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 22:40	82 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 22:37	163 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 22:27	140 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 22:25	86 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 22:17	147 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 22:10	70 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 22:07	196 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 21:57	169 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:55	73 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 21:47	126 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:40	84 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 21:37	94 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:27	78 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:25	69 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 21:17	71 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 21:10	85 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 21:07	108 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 20:57	126 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 20:55	84 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 20:47	161 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 20:40	76 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 20:37	75 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:27	134 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:25	73 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 20:17	91 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 20:10	97 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 20:07	117 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 19:57	122 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 19:47	128 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 19:40	90 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 19:37	115 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 19:27	161 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 19:25	90 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 19:17	146 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:10	77 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 19:07	133 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 19:02	80 MW	4	Terra
6 September at 18:47	164 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 18:40	89 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 18:37	189 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 18:27	89 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 18:25	72 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 18:17	62 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 18:10	85 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 18:07	153 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 17:57	156 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 17:55	95 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 17:47	96 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 17:40	74 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 17:37	195 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 17:27	143 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 17:17	175 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 17:09	87 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 17:07	162 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:57	206 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:47	179 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:39	81 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 16:37	166 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:27	128 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 16:24	88 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 16:17	206 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:09	111 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 16:09	65 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 16:07	160 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:57	171 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:54	72 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 15:47	174 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:39	66 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 15:37	136 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:27	169 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:24	57 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 15:17	212 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:09	109 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 15:07	156 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:57	127 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:54	51 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 14:47	145 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:39	59 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 14:37	170 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 14:27	111 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 14:24	57 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 14:17	179 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:07	182 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 13:57	195 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 13:47	156 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 13:37	183 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 13:27	178 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 13:17	209 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 13:07	176 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 12:57	171 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 12:47	187 MW	3	N21
6 September at 12:47	117 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:37	192 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 12:27	164 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 12:17	171 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:07	209 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 12:02	123 MW	4	N20
6 September at 11:57	203 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 11:47	250 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 11:37	179 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 11:27	216 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 11:17	152 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 11:07	230 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 11:07	133 MW	2	N21
6 September at 10:57	212 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 10:47	201 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 10:37	267 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 10:27	150 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 08:03	102 MW	2	Terra
6 September at 02:37	90 MW	2	Aqua
6 September at 01:29	231 MW	8	N21
6 September at 00:46	63 MW	5	N20
6 September at 00:27	74 MW	5	N
5 September at 23:50	105 MW	5	N21

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