Fire near Kwando-Kubango (AO)

17.75°S, 19.54°E · first detected on 6 September at 11:03

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 6 September at 11:03 to 7 September at 14:53, through 165 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 2,632 ha.

Detected extent: 2,632 ha
Cumulative power: 4,647 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 556 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 165

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 16:13	14 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 15:53	86 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 15:49	54 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 15:43	60 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 14:53	8 MW	1	N20
7 September at 14:34	11 MW	1	N
7 September at 13:57	28 MW	2	N21
7 September at 13:04	80 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 02:22	0 MW	1	N20
7 September at 02:03	1 MW	1	N
6 September at 18:32	12 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 18:22	22 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 18:19	31 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 18:12	24 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 18:04	98 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 18:04	103 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 18:03	84 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 17:53	61 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 17:49	110 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 17:49	125 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 17:43	28 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 17:34	297 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 17:34	230 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 17:33	98 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 17:23	62 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 17:19	281 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 17:19	389 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 17:13	279 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 17:04	814 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 17:04	879 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 17:03	517 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 16:53	145 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:49	494 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 16:49	402 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 16:43	413 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 16:40	421 MW	14	Aqua
6 September at 16:34	538 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 16:34	676 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 16:33	269 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 16:23	422 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 16:19	876 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 16:19	950 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 16:13	262 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 16:04	472 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 16:04	590 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 16:03	120 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:53	288 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 15:49	961 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 15:49	1,149 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 15:43	2,122 MW	15	Met12
6 September at 15:34	974 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 15:34	1,370 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 15:33	790 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 15:23	815 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 15:19	1,400 MW	9	Met10
6 September at 15:19	1,041 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 15:13	316 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 15:12	567 MW	40	N20
6 September at 15:04	1,424 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 15:04	1,593 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 15:03	1,561 MW	24	Met12
6 September at 14:53	1,004 MW	15	Met12
6 September at 14:51	1,132 MW	54	N
6 September at 14:49	1,025 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 14:49	1,223 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 14:43	414 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 14:34	1,087 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 14:34	1,588 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 14:33	1,417 MW	14	Met12
6 September at 14:23	654 MW	13	Met12
6 September at 14:19	1,097 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 14:19	1,520 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 14:17	1,399 MW	30	N21
6 September at 14:13	1,227 MW	13	Met12
6 September at 14:04	1,063 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 14:04	970 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 14:03	759 MW	13	Met12
6 September at 13:53	508 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 13:49	716 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 13:49	769 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 13:43	626 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 13:34	1,554 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 13:34	965 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 13:33	1,382 MW	13	Met12
6 September at 13:32	1,395 MW	39	N20
6 September at 13:23	1,727 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 13:19	1,029 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 13:19	1,889 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 13:13	2,577 MW	14	Met12
6 September at 13:04	1,119 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 13:04	1,957 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 13:03	2,717 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 12:53	942 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 12:49	1,340 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 12:49	908 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 12:43	826 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 12:34	1,385 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 12:34	996 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 12:33	927 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 12:23	734 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 12:19	243 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 12:19	178 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 12:13	427 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 12:04	218 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 12:04	265 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 12:03	303 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 11:53	218 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 11:49	159 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 11:43	190 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 11:34	33 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 11:33	69 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 11:23	29 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 11:03	33 MW	2	Met12

8 other fires near Kwando-Kubango (AO)

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