Fire near Kwando-Kubango (AO)

16.68°S, 17.54°E · first detected on 6 September at 01:44

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 6 September at 01:44 to 7 September at 14:53, that is 2 days, through 138 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 2,105 ha.

Detected extent: 2,105 ha
Cumulative power: 1,759 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 80 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 138

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 16:34	135 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 16:34	98 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 16:33	37 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 16:23	27 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 16:19	91 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 16:19	89 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 16:13	12 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 16:04	41 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 16:04	34 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 15:49	79 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 15:49	84 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 15:43	13 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 15:34	221 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 15:34	175 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 15:33	77 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 15:23	231 MW	6	Met12
7 September at 15:19	462 MW	7	Met10
7 September at 15:19	510 MW	7	Met9
7 September at 15:13	324 MW	9	Met12
7 September at 15:04	678 MW	5	Met10
7 September at 15:04	696 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 15:03	663 MW	14	Met12
7 September at 14:53	447 MW	29	N20
7 September at 14:53	470 MW	15	Met12
7 September at 14:49	485 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 14:49	423 MW	5	Met10
7 September at 14:43	76 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 14:34	119 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 14:34	245 MW	30	N
7 September at 14:34	221 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 14:33	150 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 14:23	202 MW	7	Met12
7 September at 14:19	467 MW	7	Met9
7 September at 14:19	261 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 14:13	137 MW	7	Met12
7 September at 14:04	512 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 14:04	625 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 14:03	515 MW	10	Met12
7 September at 13:57	420 MW	23	N21
7 September at 13:49	160 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 13:49	165 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 13:34	492 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 13:34	686 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 13:19	698 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 13:19	484 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 13:04	67 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 13:04	174 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 12:49	364 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 12:49	212 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 12:34	590 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 12:34	558 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 12:19	524 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 12:19	590 MW	5	Met10
7 September at 12:04	1,182 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 12:04	799 MW	5	Met10
7 September at 12:03	632 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 11:53	250 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 11:49	284 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 11:49	203 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 11:34	28 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 11:04	34 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 18:34	94 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 18:22	81 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 18:19	212 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 18:19	199 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 18:12	152 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 18:04	596 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 18:04	499 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 18:03	336 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 17:53	223 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 17:49	119 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 17:49	136 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 17:43	10 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 17:34	140 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 17:34	118 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 17:33	75 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 17:23	98 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 17:19	295 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 17:19	356 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 17:13	35 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 17:04	220 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 17:04	217 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 17:03	116 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:53	109 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 16:49	430 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 16:49	422 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 16:43	93 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 16:40	223 MW	9	Aqua
6 September at 16:34	210 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 16:34	267 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 16:33	100 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 16:23	48 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 16:19	195 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 16:19	167 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 16:13	141 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 16:04	188 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 16:04	267 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 16:03	108 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:53	325 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 15:49	547 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 15:49	693 MW	10	Met9
6 September at 15:43	459 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 15:34	805 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 15:34	736 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 15:33	531 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 15:23	632 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 15:19	759 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 15:19	846 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 15:13	185 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 15:12	281 MW	22	N20
6 September at 15:04	46 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 15:04	45 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 15:03	39 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 14:53	325 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 14:51	412 MW	24	N
6 September at 14:49	152 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 14:49	99 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 14:43	173 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 14:34	49 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 14:34	101 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 14:33	57 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 14:23	71 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 14:19	41 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 14:17	184 MW	17	N21
6 September at 14:13	65 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:03	10 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 13:53	71 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 13:49	42 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 13:49	43 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 13:43	129 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 13:34	206 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 13:34	248 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 13:33	187 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 13:23	157 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 13:19	210 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 13:19	197 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 13:13	298 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 13:04	142 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 13:04	183 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 13:03	145 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 12:53	216 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 12:43	75 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 12:33	13 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 12:23	318 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 12:19	33 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 12:13	16 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 11:53	15 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 11:33	15 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 02:39	2 MW	2	N20
6 September at 02:20	1 MW	3	N
6 September at 01:44	3 MW	3	N21

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