Fire near Kwando-Kubango (AO)

14.70°S, 16.69°E · first detected on 6 September at 14:17

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 6 September at 14:17 to 7 September at 14:55, through 133 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,103 ha.

Detected extent: 1,103 ha
Cumulative power: 2,397 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 90 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 133

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 4 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 18:53	11 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 18:33	23 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 18:23	17 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 18:19	215 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 18:19	301 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 18:04	370 MW	9	Met10
7 September at 18:04	243 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 18:03	24 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 17:53	53 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 17:49	164 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 17:49	75 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 17:43	10 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 17:34	41 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 17:34	76 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 17:23	34 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 17:19	236 MW	7	Met10
7 September at 17:16	290 MW	4	Aqua
7 September at 17:13	24 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 17:04	30 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 17:03	11 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 16:53	49 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 16:49	105 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 16:49	60 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 16:43	32 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 16:34	131 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 16:33	47 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 16:23	67 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 16:19	186 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 16:13	115 MW	6	Met12
7 September at 16:04	197 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 16:04	134 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 16:03	186 MW	6	Met12
7 September at 15:53	147 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 15:49	275 MW	5	Met10
7 September at 15:49	168 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 15:43	120 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 15:34	420 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 15:34	260 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 15:33	243 MW	10	Met12
7 September at 15:23	239 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 15:19	430 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 15:19	739 MW	10	Met10
7 September at 15:13	873 MW	18	Met12
7 September at 15:04	668 MW	8	Met10
7 September at 15:04	519 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 15:03	415 MW	12	Met12
7 September at 14:55	1,144 MW	99	N20
7 September at 14:53	951 MW	22	Met12
7 September at 14:49	759 MW	7	Met10
7 September at 14:49	569 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 14:43	683 MW	16	Met12
7 September at 14:34	939 MW	5	Met10
7 September at 14:34	1,342 MW	102	N
7 September at 14:34	926 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 14:33	843 MW	21	Met12
7 September at 14:23	929 MW	17	Met12
7 September at 14:19	795 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 14:19	943 MW	7	Met10
7 September at 14:13	942 MW	15	Met12
7 September at 14:04	699 MW	5	Met10
7 September at 14:04	641 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 14:03	643 MW	16	Met12
7 September at 13:57	1,142 MW	71	N21
7 September at 13:49	661 MW	7	Met9
7 September at 13:49	739 MW	7	Met10
7 September at 13:34	428 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 13:34	483 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 13:19	445 MW	5	Met10
7 September at 13:19	418 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 13:04	352 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 13:04	335 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 12:49	222 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 12:49	278 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 12:03	43 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 11:53	35 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 19:04	22 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 19:03	17 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 18:53	12 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 18:04	28 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 18:04	48 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 18:03	28 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 17:53	34 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 17:23	12 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 17:19	63 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 17:04	118 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 17:04	212 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 17:03	97 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 16:53	40 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 16:49	35 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 16:43	45 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 16:40	114 MW	8	Aqua
6 September at 16:34	100 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 16:33	101 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:23	99 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:13	47 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:04	37 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 16:03	97 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 15:53	109 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 15:49	77 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 15:43	184 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 15:33	26 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 15:23	98 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:13	24 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 15:12	57 MW	12	N20
6 September at 14:53	82 MW	16	N
6 September at 14:43	10 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 14:33	10 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 14:23	10 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 14:17	105 MW	14	N21
6 September at 14:13	11 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 14:03	13 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 13:34	269 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 13:34	194 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 13:23	79 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 13:19	65 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 13:19	77 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 13:13	47 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 13:04	45 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 13:03	18 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 12:53	10 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 12:13	42 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:03	11 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 11:43	13 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 11:23	17 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 02:20	6 MW	3	N
6 September at 01:44	5 MW	2	N21

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