Fire near Monagas (VE)

9.65°N, 63.58°W · first detected on 6 September at 02:30

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 6 September at 02:30 to 6 September at 09:16, through 99 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 2,273 ha.

Detected extent: 2,273 ha
Cumulative power: 1,530 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 129 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 99

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
6 September at 23:00	91 MW	1	G19
6 September at 22:50	76 MW	1	G19
6 September at 22:45	185 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 22:44	251 MW	6	G19FRP
6 September at 22:40	72 MW	1	G19
6 September at 22:35	288 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 22:34	192 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 22:30	108 MW	1	G19
6 September at 22:25	186 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 22:24	124 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 22:20	99 MW	1	G19
6 September at 22:14	287 MW	5	G19FRP
6 September at 22:10	73 MW	1	G19
6 September at 21:14	120 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 21:10	173 MW	2	G19
6 September at 21:04	86 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 21:00	88 MW	1	G19
6 September at 20:54	250 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 20:50	186 MW	3	G19
6 September at 20:45	297 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 20:44	287 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 20:40	307 MW	4	G19
6 September at 20:35	654 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 20:34	283 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 20:30	389 MW	5	G19
6 September at 20:25	597 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 20:24	215 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 20:24	478 MW	17	N20
6 September at 20:20	312 MW	4	G19
6 September at 20:15	343 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 20:14	303 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 20:10	404 MW	5	G19
6 September at 20:05	509 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 20:04	335 MW	20	N
6 September at 20:04	144 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 20:00	335 MW	5	G19
6 September at 19:55	422 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 19:50	120 MW	2	G19
6 September at 19:45	213 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 19:44	202 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 19:40	443 MW	7	G19
6 September at 19:35	622 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 19:34	126 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 19:30	249 MW	4	G19
6 September at 19:28	62 MW	3	N21
6 September at 19:25	536 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 19:24	140 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 19:20	314 MW	4	G19
6 September at 19:15	276 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:14	297 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 19:10	454 MW	6	G19
6 September at 19:05	310 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 19:04	278 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 19:00	426 MW	6	G19
6 September at 18:55	540 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 18:45	615 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 18:44	73 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 18:43	523 MW	19	N20
6 September at 18:35	196 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 18:34	132 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 18:25	176 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 18:24	52 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 18:14	137 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 18:05	227 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 18:04	149 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 17:54	125 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 17:44	129 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 17:34	192 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 17:30	170 MW	2	G19
6 September at 17:24	288 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 17:20	313 MW	4	G19
6 September at 17:14	257 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 17:10	55 MW	1	G19
6 September at 17:04	151 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 17:00	162 MW	2	G19
6 September at 16:50	58 MW	1	G19
6 September at 16:44	197 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 16:40	136 MW	2	G19
6 September at 16:34	72 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 16:30	44 MW	1	G19
6 September at 16:24	140 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 16:20	78 MW	1	G19
6 September at 16:14	294 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 16:10	249 MW	3	G19
6 September at 16:04	298 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 16:00	320 MW	4	G19
6 September at 15:54	122 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 15:44	171 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 15:40	245 MW	3	G19
6 September at 15:34	70 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 15:30	141 MW	2	G19
6 September at 14:54	118 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 14:50	82 MW	1	G19
6 September at 14:44	96 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 14:34	99 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 14:30	64 MW	1	G19
6 September at 14:24	168 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 14:20	45 MW	1	G19
6 September at 14:14	92 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 14:10	72 MW	2	G19
6 September at 14:04	131 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 14:00	107 MW	2	G19
6 September at 13:54	111 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 13:50	39 MW	1	G19
6 September at 13:44	106 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 13:40	114 MW	2	G19
6 September at 13:34	65 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 13:30	178 MW	3	G19
6 September at 13:14	121 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 13:10	72 MW	1	G19
6 September at 12:54	98 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 12:50	57 MW	1	G19
6 September at 12:45	207 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:44	173 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 12:40	200 MW	3	G19
6 September at 12:34	65 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 12:24	122 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 12:20	72 MW	1	G19
6 September at 12:14	116 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 11:37	168 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 11:35	214 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 11:34	41 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 11:25	277 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 11:24	179 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 11:20	67 MW	1	G19
6 September at 11:15	321 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 11:14	143 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 11:07	346 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 11:05	38 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 11:04	141 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 11:00	157 MW	3	G19
6 September at 10:55	56 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 10:54	15 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 10:52	134 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 10:50	97 MW	3	G19
6 September at 10:45	35 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 10:44	160 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 10:40	195 MW	3	G19
6 September at 10:35	242 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 10:34	161 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 10:30	163 MW	3	G19
6 September at 10:25	313 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 10:24	142 MW	5	G19FRP
6 September at 10:22	686 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 10:20	81 MW	2	G19
6 September at 09:16	403 MW	5	Aqua
6 September at 08:22	434 MW	43	N21
6 September at 07:38	382 MW	35	N20
6 September at 07:18	383 MW	46	N
6 September at 02:30	568 MW	12	Terra

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