Fire near Kwando-Kubango (AO)

16.84°S, 20.44°E · first detected on 6 September at 01:44

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 6 September at 01:44 to 6 September at 16:40, through 92 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,559 ha.

Detected extent: 1,559 ha
Cumulative power: 1,251 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 78 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 92

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 20:22	27 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:19	26 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 20:19	40 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 18:42	36 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 18:34	98 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 18:34	119 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 18:32	81 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 18:22	31 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 18:19	39 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 18:19	65 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 18:04	40 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 18:04	70 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 18:03	42 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 17:53	195 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 17:49	346 MW	9	Met10
6 September at 17:49	237 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 17:43	161 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 17:34	515 MW	9	Met10
6 September at 17:34	337 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 17:33	338 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 17:23	197 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 17:19	490 MW	11	Met9
6 September at 17:19	532 MW	10	Met10
6 September at 17:13	445 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 17:04	219 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 17:04	254 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 17:03	90 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:53	119 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:49	279 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 16:49	217 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 16:43	203 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:40	180 MW	7	Aqua
6 September at 16:34	168 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 16:34	89 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 16:33	45 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 16:23	67 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 16:19	230 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 16:19	130 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 16:13	216 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:04	514 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 16:04	557 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 16:03	283 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 15:53	100 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 15:49	239 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 15:49	261 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 15:43	114 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 15:34	67 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 15:34	158 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 15:33	47 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 15:23	193 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 15:19	287 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 15:19	193 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 15:13	101 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:12	247 MW	23	N20
6 September at 15:04	595 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 15:04	483 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 15:03	408 MW	13	Met12
6 September at 14:53	445 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 14:51	829 MW	45	N
6 September at 14:49	297 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 14:49	310 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 14:43	198 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 14:34	739 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 14:34	835 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 14:33	573 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 14:23	243 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 14:19	298 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 14:19	262 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 14:17	245 MW	19	N21
6 September at 14:13	282 MW	14	Met12
6 September at 14:04	120 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 14:03	60 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 13:53	187 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 13:49	608 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 13:49	463 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 13:43	207 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 13:34	136 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 13:34	204 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 13:33	98 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 13:32	296 MW	32	N20
6 September at 13:23	131 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 13:19	350 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 13:19	182 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 13:13	18 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 13:04	488 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 13:04	445 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 13:03	303 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 12:53	71 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:49	58 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 12:34	45 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 12:23	26 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 12:19	190 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 12:19	180 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 12:13	85 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 12:04	49 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 12:04	61 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 12:03	42 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 11:53	124 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 11:49	106 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 11:49	310 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 11:43	91 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 11:34	164 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 11:34	306 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 11:33	158 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 11:23	277 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 11:19	84 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 11:19	480 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 11:18	342 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 11:13	253 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 11:04	217 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 11:03	147 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 11:03	226 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 10:53	181 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 10:49	535 MW	9	Met10
6 September at 10:48	497 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 10:43	144 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 10:34	257 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 10:33	165 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 10:33	174 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 10:23	369 MW	13	Met12
6 September at 10:19	470 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 02:39	31 MW	11	N20
6 September at 02:20	16 MW	10	N
6 September at 01:44	24 MW	25	N21
6 September at 00:59	140 MW	19	N20

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