Fire near Kunene (AO)

15.31°S, 16.81°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 02:39	1 MW	1	N
22 October at 17:43	30 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:13	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:05	27 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:04	34 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:03	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:53	35 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:43	24 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:23	60 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:19	53 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:19	30 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:16	28 MW	1	Aqua
22 October at 16:13	107 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:04	44 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:04	62 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:03	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:53	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:49	68 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:49	102 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:43	55 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:34	59 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:34	71 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:31	58 MW	8	N
22 October at 15:23	81 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:19	61 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:04	111 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:04	65 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:03	30 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:53	193 MW	18	N21
22 October at 14:53	43 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:49	204 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:49	127 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:34	98 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:34	209 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:33	42 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:19	41 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:19	144 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 14:13	41 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:10	148 MW	17	N20
22 October at 14:04	199 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:04	183 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 14:03	69 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:53	220 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 13:49	315 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:49	381 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:49	129 MW	10	N
22 October at 13:43	32 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:34	80 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:34	152 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:03	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:53	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:49	87 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:49	87 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:43	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:34	76 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:33	66 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:34	50 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:34	134 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 10:33	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:43	35 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:33	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:43	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:53	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:14	16 MW	1	N21
21 October at 14:33	39 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:29	70 MW	7	N20
21 October at 14:10	33 MW	2	N
21 October at 13:43	29 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:33	74 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:23	40 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:13	27 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:40	9 MW	1	Aqua
20 October at 14:46	49 MW	6	N20
20 October at 14:33	29 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:27	166 MW	12	N
20 October at 14:23	20 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:53	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:51	170 MW	22	N21
20 October at 13:49	103 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:49	94 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:43	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:34	56 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:34	82 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:33	60 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:23	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:19	161 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 13:19	206 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 13:13	22 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:04	132 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:04	205 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:03	148 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 12:53	57 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:49	118 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:49	110 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:43	172 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 12:34	93 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:34	97 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:33	43 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:23	88 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:19	83 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:19	89 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:04	93 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:04	97 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:03	45 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:53	32 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:49	82 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:49	83 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:43	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:34	79 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:34	87 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:19	69 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:34	56 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:04	50 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 15:06	14 MW	2	N
18 October at 14:28	11 MW	2	N21
16 October at 15:06	19 MW	2	N21
16 October at 14:21	58 MW	6	N20
16 October at 14:04	44 MW	4	N
15 October at 14:42	6 MW	1	N20
13 October at 13:38	17 MW	2	N20
8 October at 15:14	179 MW	19	N20
8 October at 14:53	39 MW	6	N
8 October at 14:17	180 MW	14	N21
7 October at 16:37	156 MW	8	Aqua
7 October at 15:12	363 MW	19	N
7 October at 14:36	133 MW	16	N21
7 October at 13:51	99 MW	15	N20
6 October at 15:31	104 MW	7	N
6 October at 14:53	205 MW	19	N21
6 October at 14:10	214 MW	10	N20
5 October at 16:59	24 MW	1	Aqua
5 October at 15:14	23 MW	3	N21
5 October at 14:27	87 MW	8	N20
5 October at 14:10	36 MW	4	N
5 October at 13:32	24 MW	3	N21
4 October at 14:27	11 MW	1	N
3 October at 15:06	37 MW	4	N20
3 October at 14:46	55 MW	10	N
3 October at 14:10	94 MW	9	N21
2 October at 16:44	9 MW	1	Aqua
2 October at 15:06	26 MW	3	N
2 October at 14:29	24 MW	5	N21
2 October at 13:45	14 MW	2	N20
1 October at 14:49	8 MW	2	N21
1 October at 14:04	18 MW	2	N20
30 September at 14:21	4 MW	1	N20
30 September at 14:04	4 MW	1	N
29 September at 16:29	13 MW	1	Aqua
29 September at 14:42	373 MW	11	N20
29 September at 14:21	36 MW	4	N
29 September at 02:09	19 MW	10	N20
29 September at 01:50	31 MW	9	N
28 September at 14:59	336 MW	32	N20
28 September at 14:04	259 MW	25	N21
28 September at 02:28	3 MW	3	N20
28 September at 02:07	0 MW	1	N
28 September at 01:31	3 MW	1	N21
27 September at 15:21	180 MW	16	N20
27 September at 14:59	103 MW	12	N
27 September at 14:21	77 MW	7	N21
27 September at 13:38	51 MW	6	N20
26 September at 15:18	5 MW	2	N
26 September at 14:42	66 MW	2	N21
26 September at 13:57	89 MW	12	N20
25 September at 17:12	60 MW	2	Aqua
25 September at 15:38	154 MW	8	N
25 September at 14:59	172 MW	24	N21
25 September at 14:17	410 MW	23	N20
25 September at 13:55	221 MW	18	N
25 September at 09:09	8 MW	1	Terra
24 September at 14:34	15 MW	2	N20
24 September at 14:17	4 MW	1	N

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