Fire near Kwando-Kubango (AO)

17.67°S, 20.26°E · first detected on 6 September at 02:39

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 6 September at 02:39 to 7 September at 14:34, through 41 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,034 ha.

Detected extent: 1,034 ha
Cumulative power: 520 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 55 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 41

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 01:44	0 MW	1	N
7 September at 20:42	49 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 20:34	211 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 20:34	191 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 20:32	88 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 20:22	24 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 20:19	63 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 20:19	52 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 20:12	51 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 18:49	29 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 18:42	60 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 18:34	71 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 18:34	90 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 18:32	17 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 18:22	16 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 18:19	39 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 18:19	34 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 18:12	33 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 18:04	94 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 18:04	132 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 18:03	88 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 17:53	146 MW	7	Met12
7 September at 17:49	309 MW	5	Met10
7 September at 17:49	332 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 17:43	103 MW	6	Met12
7 September at 17:34	28 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 17:34	31 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 17:33	38 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 17:23	173 MW	7	Met12
7 September at 17:19	364 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 17:19	359 MW	7	Met9
7 September at 17:13	221 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 17:04	28 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 17:04	60 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 17:03	96 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 16:53	94 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 16:49	118 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 16:49	115 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 16:43	137 MW	6	Met12
7 September at 16:34	135 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 16:34	90 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 16:33	79 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 16:23	120 MW	7	Met12
7 September at 16:19	96 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 16:19	158 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 16:13	189 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 16:04	119 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 16:04	142 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 16:03	59 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 15:53	26 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 15:43	12 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 15:34	30 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 15:34	43 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 15:33	60 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 15:23	82 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 15:13	16 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 15:03	37 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 14:53	88 MW	8	N20
7 September at 14:43	12 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 14:34	181 MW	17	N
7 September at 14:33	101 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 14:23	200 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 14:19	91 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 14:13	46 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 13:57	53 MW	5	N21
7 September at 12:34	78 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 12:34	82 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 12:19	78 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 12:19	68 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 11:53	85 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 08:57	6 MW	1	Terra
6 September at 18:03	42 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 17:43	63 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 17:13	23 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 17:03	29 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 16:53	121 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:49	88 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 16:49	168 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 16:43	171 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 16:40	279 MW	11	Aqua
6 September at 16:34	343 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 16:34	360 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 16:33	135 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 16:23	11 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 16:19	44 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 16:13	56 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 16:04	46 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 16:04	57 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 15:53	113 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 15:49	87 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 15:49	113 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 15:43	11 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 15:34	62 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 15:34	96 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 15:33	56 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 15:23	49 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 15:19	112 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 15:19	190 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 15:13	376 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 15:12	384 MW	31	N20
6 September at 15:04	604 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 15:04	613 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 15:03	497 MW	16	Met12
6 September at 14:53	102 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:51	339 MW	31	N
6 September at 14:49	86 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 14:49	164 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 14:43	120 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:34	171 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 14:33	81 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:23	73 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 14:19	196 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 14:19	85 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 14:17	206 MW	12	N21
6 September at 14:13	152 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 14:04	78 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 14:03	39 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 13:53	191 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 13:49	176 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 13:49	399 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 13:43	289 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 13:34	301 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 13:34	105 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 13:33	254 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 13:32	160 MW	18	N20
6 September at 13:23	105 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 13:19	94 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 13:19	204 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 13:13	161 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 13:04	454 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 13:04	225 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 13:03	345 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 12:53	65 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 12:49	796 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 12:49	636 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 12:43	61 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 12:34	97 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 12:33	24 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 12:23	128 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:19	40 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 12:19	169 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 12:13	182 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 12:04	68 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 11:49	96 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 11:43	26 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 11:34	106 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 11:33	19 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 11:23	22 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 10:49	101 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 10:34	105 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 10:19	191 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 02:39	8 MW	3	N20
6 September at 02:22	3 MW	3	N
6 September at 01:44	4 MW	3	N21
6 September at 00:59	1 MW	1	N20

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