Fire near Kwando-Kubango (AO)

17.26°S, 20.52°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 83 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,737 ha.

Detected extent: 1,737 ha
Cumulative power: 1,288 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 111 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 83

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
7 September at 03:32	43 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 03:19	153 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 03:19	169 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 03:04	59 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 03:04	61 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 00:04	47 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 00:04	21 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 23:52	61 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 23:49	226 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 23:49	192 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 23:42	33 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 23:34	139 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 23:34	140 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 23:32	77 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 23:04	25 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 23:04	55 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 23:02	13 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 22:52	10 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 22:34	24 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 22:34	52 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 22:32	17 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 22:22	57 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 22:19	179 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 22:19	161 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 22:12	103 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:20	31 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 21:19	33 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:12	30 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 21:05	116 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 21:04	212 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 21:02	112 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:49	131 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 20:49	106 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 20:34	116 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 20:34	134 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 20:22	51 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:19	395 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 20:19	329 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 20:12	98 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:04	349 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 20:04	416 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 20:02	103 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 19:52	464 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 19:49	738 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 19:49	857 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 19:42	163 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:34	544 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 19:34	713 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 19:32	245 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 19:22	492 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 19:19	894 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 19:19	1,012 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 19:12	569 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 19:04	1,221 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 19:04	1,401 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 19:02	304 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 18:52	609 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 18:49	1,079 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 18:49	913 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 18:42	128 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 18:34	247 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 18:34	290 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 18:32	28 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 18:22	86 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 18:19	359 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 18:19	224 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 18:12	82 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 18:04	439 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 18:04	288 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 18:03	189 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 17:53	366 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 17:49	769 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 17:49	566 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 17:43	517 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 17:34	775 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 17:34	636 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 17:33	432 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 17:23	583 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 17:19	652 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 17:19	925 MW	9	Met10
6 September at 17:13	550 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 17:04	648 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 17:04	1,131 MW	10	Met10
6 September at 17:03	550 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 16:53	142 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:49	497 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 16:49	287 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 16:43	245 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 16:40	227 MW	8	Aqua
6 September at 16:34	212 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 16:34	295 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 16:33	54 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 16:23	88 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 16:19	65 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 16:13	226 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:04	362 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 16:04	253 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 16:03	231 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 15:53	24 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 15:49	215 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 15:49	166 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 15:43	200 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 15:34	441 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 15:34	474 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 15:33	284 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 15:23	299 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 15:19	466 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 15:19	597 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 15:12	137 MW	14	N20
6 September at 15:04	199 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 15:04	118 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 15:03	26 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 14:53	78 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 14:51	407 MW	31	N
6 September at 14:49	250 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 14:49	122 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 14:43	356 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 14:34	406 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 14:34	388 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 14:33	296 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 14:23	880 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 14:19	657 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 14:19	647 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 14:17	473 MW	28	N21
6 September at 14:13	103 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:04	493 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 14:04	405 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 14:03	326 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 13:53	110 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 13:49	88 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 13:49	234 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 13:43	261 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 13:34	713 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 13:34	682 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 13:33	522 MW	14	Met12
6 September at 13:32	532 MW	31	N20
6 September at 13:23	381 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 13:19	630 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 13:19	440 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 13:13	393 MW	13	Met12
6 September at 13:04	630 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 13:04	720 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 13:03	669 MW	17	Met12
6 September at 12:53	507 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 12:49	869 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 12:49	945 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 12:43	790 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 12:34	343 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 12:34	236 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 12:33	184 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 12:23	273 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 12:19	461 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 12:19	369 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 12:13	194 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 12:04	340 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 12:04	265 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 12:03	228 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 11:53	323 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 11:49	401 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 11:49	328 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 11:43	316 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 11:34	630 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 11:33	453 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 11:33	824 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 11:23	508 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 11:19	340 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 11:18	238 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 11:13	117 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 11:04	433 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 11:03	269 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 11:03	233 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 10:53	185 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 10:49	475 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 10:48	613 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 10:43	201 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 10:34	142 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 10:33	154 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 10:33	131 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 10:23	35 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 10:19	73 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 02:39	48 MW	11	N20
6 September at 02:20	16 MW	6	N
6 September at 01:44	4 MW	5	N21
6 September at 00:59	3 MW	2	N20

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