Fire near Kwando-Kubango (AO)

17.58°S, 20.91°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 307 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 5,077 ha.

Detected extent: 5,077 ha
Cumulative power: 8,987 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 291 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 307

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 19:04	27 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 18:49	21 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 18:49	26 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 18:04	47 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 18:03	13 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 17:53	13 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 17:43	16 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 17:04	63 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 17:03	31 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 16:43	12 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 16:23	14 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 16:19	96 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 16:19	142 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 16:13	10 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 16:04	36 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 16:04	33 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 16:03	13 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 15:53	13 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 15:49	42 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 15:49	40 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 15:43	34 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 15:34	117 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 15:34	65 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 15:33	37 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 15:19	46 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 15:19	49 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 15:13	123 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 15:04	60 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 15:04	108 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 15:03	25 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 14:53	126 MW	15	N20
7 September at 14:53	95 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 14:49	73 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 14:49	134 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 14:43	153 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 14:34	123 MW	9	N
7 September at 14:34	76 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 14:33	27 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 14:23	24 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 14:13	21 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 14:04	73 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 14:04	73 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 13:57	205 MW	15	N21
7 September at 13:49	422 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 13:49	217 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 13:34	548 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 13:34	261 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 13:19	176 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 13:19	99 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 13:04	189 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 13:04	172 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 12:49	323 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 12:49	238 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 12:34	395 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 12:34	212 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 12:19	152 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 12:19	312 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 12:04	1,601 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 12:04	868 MW	5	Met10
7 September at 12:03	706 MW	6	Met12
7 September at 11:49	226 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 11:48	438 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 11:34	296 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 11:33	470 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 11:19	94 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 11:18	68 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 11:04	304 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 11:03	206 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 10:49	736 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 10:48	586 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 10:34	189 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 10:19	54 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 08:57	5 MW	1	Terra
7 September at 02:03	5 MW	3	N
7 September at 01:26	17 MW	5	N21
6 September at 19:49	29 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 19:42	11 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 19:34	33 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 19:32	17 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 19:19	30 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 19:19	66 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 19:12	16 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 19:02	12 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 18:49	40 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 18:49	56 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 18:42	37 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 18:34	183 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 18:34	187 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 18:32	93 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 18:22	336 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 18:19	535 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 18:19	651 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 18:12	182 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 18:04	97 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 18:04	76 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 18:03	118 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 17:53	138 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 17:49	171 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 17:49	198 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 17:43	152 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 17:34	196 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 17:34	272 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 17:33	71 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 17:23	50 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 17:19	232 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 17:19	161 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 17:04	260 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 17:04	389 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 17:03	121 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 16:53	35 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 16:49	356 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 16:49	241 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 16:43	391 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 16:40	306 MW	10	Aqua
6 September at 16:34	974 MW	9	Met10
6 September at 16:34	895 MW	10	Met9
6 September at 16:33	732 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 16:23	325 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 16:19	783 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 16:19	898 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 16:13	975 MW	18	Met12
6 September at 16:04	1,945 MW	12	Met9
6 September at 16:04	1,869 MW	10	Met10
6 September at 16:03	1,427 MW	20	Met12
6 September at 15:53	2,204 MW	24	Met12
6 September at 15:49	2,420 MW	13	Met9
6 September at 15:49	2,359 MW	12	Met10
6 September at 15:43	2,797 MW	25	Met12
6 September at 15:34	2,100 MW	11	Met10
6 September at 15:34	2,184 MW	12	Met9
6 September at 15:33	1,642 MW	21	Met12
6 September at 15:23	2,901 MW	26	Met12
6 September at 15:19	2,958 MW	14	Met10
6 September at 15:19	3,000 MW	13	Met9
6 September at 15:13	2,902 MW	26	Met12
6 September at 15:12	3,779 MW	62	N20
6 September at 15:04	3,142 MW	14	Met10
6 September at 15:04	3,637 MW	14	Met9
6 September at 15:03	5,254 MW	34	Met12
6 September at 14:53	2,054 MW	26	Met12
6 September at 14:51	2,428 MW	62	N
6 September at 14:49	2,144 MW	12	Met10
6 September at 14:49	2,218 MW	10	Met9
6 September at 14:43	3,116 MW	23	Met12
6 September at 14:34	2,071 MW	10	Met9
6 September at 14:34	1,701 MW	9	Met10
6 September at 14:33	1,873 MW	23	Met12
6 September at 14:23	908 MW	19	Met12
6 September at 14:19	499 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 14:19	565 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 14:17	521 MW	23	N21
6 September at 14:13	640 MW	13	Met12
6 September at 14:04	1,457 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 14:04	1,066 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 14:03	1,562 MW	20	Met12
6 September at 13:53	689 MW	15	Met12
6 September at 13:49	1,446 MW	9	Met10
6 September at 13:49	1,953 MW	10	Met9
6 September at 13:43	1,533 MW	24	Met12
6 September at 13:34	1,223 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 13:34	1,242 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 13:33	964 MW	19	Met12
6 September at 13:32	1,146 MW	35	N20
6 September at 13:23	1,519 MW	19	Met12
6 September at 13:19	987 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 13:19	1,018 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 13:13	898 MW	13	Met12
6 September at 13:04	2,396 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 13:04	1,767 MW	10	Met10
6 September at 13:03	2,123 MW	22	Met12
6 September at 12:53	1,338 MW	17	Met12
6 September at 12:49	1,174 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 12:49	1,217 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 12:43	323 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 12:34	75 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 12:34	160 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 12:33	94 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 12:23	137 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:19	157 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 12:19	232 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 12:13	339 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 12:04	241 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 12:04	408 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 12:03	94 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 11:53	119 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 11:49	401 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 11:48	303 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 11:43	253 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 11:34	520 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 11:33	608 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 11:33	278 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 11:23	618 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 11:19	590 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 11:18	638 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 11:13	262 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 11:04	959 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 11:03	1,170 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 11:03	634 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 10:53	488 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 10:49	843 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 10:48	872 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 10:43	200 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 10:34	668 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 10:33	326 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 10:33	611 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 10:23	120 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 10:19	322 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 02:39	40 MW	19	N20
6 September at 02:20	110 MW	25	N
6 September at 01:44	223 MW	36	N21

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