Fire near Kwando-Kubango (AO)

17.06°S, 18.00°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 17:16, that is 2 days, through 102 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 2,078 ha.

Detected extent: 2,078 ha
Cumulative power: 2,246 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 212 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 102

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
8 September at 00:34	23 MW	1	Met10
8 September at 00:32	17 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 18:03	21 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 17:53	15 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 17:43	24 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 17:33	34 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 17:23	75 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 17:19	84 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 17:19	69 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 17:16	138 MW	3	Aqua
7 September at 17:13	43 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 17:04	31 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 17:04	26 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 16:53	11 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 16:49	118 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 16:49	95 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 16:43	45 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 16:34	41 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 16:34	36 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 16:33	134 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 16:23	37 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 16:19	44 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 16:13	95 MW	6	Met12
7 September at 16:04	43 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 16:04	66 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 16:03	11 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 15:53	31 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 15:49	41 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 15:43	28 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 15:23	24 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 15:03	28 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 14:53	105 MW	14	N20
7 September at 14:49	47 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 14:49	40 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 14:43	15 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 14:34	133 MW	17	N
7 September at 14:34	53 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 14:33	27 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 14:23	132 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 14:13	12 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 13:57	36 MW	4	N21
7 September at 13:49	110 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 13:49	43 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 12:49	59 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 12:49	56 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 12:34	119 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 12:34	106 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 12:19	195 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 12:19	261 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 12:04	41 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 12:03	38 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 11:53	72 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 11:49	128 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 11:49	160 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 02:03	1 MW	1	N
7 September at 01:26	2 MW	2	N21
6 September at 19:02	10 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 18:49	26 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 18:42	32 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 18:34	59 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 18:34	30 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 18:32	33 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 18:22	62 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 18:19	113 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 18:19	154 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 18:12	151 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 18:04	360 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 18:04	297 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 18:03	70 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 17:53	143 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 17:49	243 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 17:49	366 MW	9	Met10
6 September at 17:43	172 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 17:34	533 MW	10	Met9
6 September at 17:34	646 MW	12	Met10
6 September at 17:33	308 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 17:23	365 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 17:19	596 MW	10	Met10
6 September at 17:19	545 MW	10	Met9
6 September at 17:13	167 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 17:04	1,160 MW	13	Met10
6 September at 17:04	915 MW	12	Met9
6 September at 17:03	613 MW	16	Met12
6 September at 16:53	544 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 16:49	790 MW	10	Met9
6 September at 16:49	1,036 MW	13	Met10
6 September at 16:43	441 MW	13	Met12
6 September at 16:40	810 MW	21	Aqua
6 September at 16:34	905 MW	9	Met10
6 September at 16:34	820 MW	10	Met9
6 September at 16:33	704 MW	18	Met12
6 September at 16:23	501 MW	13	Met12
6 September at 16:19	526 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 16:19	557 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 16:13	240 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 16:04	1,089 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 16:04	972 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 16:03	864 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 15:53	1,209 MW	14	Met12
6 September at 15:49	1,013 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 15:49	834 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 15:43	292 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 15:34	647 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 15:34	418 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 15:33	386 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 15:23	836 MW	17	Met12
6 September at 15:19	539 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 15:19	528 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 15:13	563 MW	14	Met12
6 September at 15:12	604 MW	33	N20
6 September at 15:04	249 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 15:04	208 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 15:03	472 MW	14	Met12
6 September at 14:53	286 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 14:51	526 MW	40	N
6 September at 14:49	141 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 14:49	115 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 14:43	133 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 14:34	37 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 14:34	45 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 14:33	117 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 14:23	294 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 14:19	305 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 14:19	276 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 14:17	627 MW	24	N21
6 September at 14:13	468 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 14:04	543 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 14:04	379 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 14:03	412 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 13:53	524 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 13:49	319 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 13:49	364 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 13:43	344 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 13:34	371 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 13:34	339 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 13:33	465 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 13:23	469 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 13:19	313 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 13:19	411 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 13:13	247 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 13:04	180 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 13:04	108 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 13:03	236 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 12:53	490 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 12:49	517 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 12:49	368 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 12:43	238 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 12:34	317 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 12:34	137 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 12:33	129 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 12:23	83 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:19	56 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 12:19	272 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 12:13	26 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 12:04	71 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 12:04	227 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 12:03	125 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 11:53	199 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 11:49	397 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 11:49	387 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 11:43	241 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 11:34	58 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 11:04	139 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 11:03	61 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 10:53	242 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 10:49	179 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 10:43	117 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 10:34	208 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 10:33	119 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 10:19	55 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 01:44	1 MW	1	N21

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