Fire near Pará (BR)

2.87°S, 50.46°W · first detected on 6 September at 02:26

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 6 September at 02:26 to 6 September at 18:20, through 67 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 774 ha.

Detected extent: 774 ha
Cumulative power: 268 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 22 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 67

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 00:24	145 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 00:20	394 MW	3	G19
7 September at 00:14	146 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 00:10	257 MW	2	G19
7 September at 00:05	156 MW	2	G19FRP
7 September at 00:04	12 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 00:00	354 MW	3	G19
6 September at 23:55	183 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 23:54	257 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 23:50	296 MW	2	G19
6 September at 23:45	433 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 23:40	422 MW	3	G19
6 September at 23:35	378 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 23:34	343 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 23:30	581 MW	4	G19
6 September at 23:25	602 MW	7	G19FRP
6 September at 23:24	336 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 23:20	524 MW	3	G19
6 September at 23:15	595 MW	5	G19FRP
6 September at 23:14	456 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 23:10	645 MW	4	G19
6 September at 23:05	622 MW	6	G19FRP
6 September at 23:04	516 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 23:00	548 MW	3	G19
6 September at 22:55	779 MW	8	G19FRP
6 September at 22:54	571 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 22:50	493 MW	2	G19
6 September at 22:45	803 MW	6	G19FRP
6 September at 22:44	840 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 22:40	787 MW	3	G19
6 September at 22:35	863 MW	6	G19FRP
6 September at 22:34	876 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 22:30	820 MW	3	G19
6 September at 22:25	974 MW	6	G19FRP
6 September at 22:24	854 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 22:20	952 MW	3	G19
6 September at 22:15	940 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 22:14	1,035 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 22:10	1,016 MW	3	G19
6 September at 22:06	591 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 22:05	1,159 MW	5	G19FRP
6 September at 22:04	1,058 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 22:00	815 MW	2	G19
6 September at 21:55	1,098 MW	5	G19FRP
6 September at 21:54	1,179 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 21:51	661 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:50	903 MW	3	G19
6 September at 21:45	1,144 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 21:44	1,309 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 21:40	1,057 MW	3	G19
6 September at 21:36	688 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:35	1,280 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 21:34	1,331 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 21:30	1,527 MW	5	G19
6 September at 21:25	1,432 MW	6	G19FRP
6 September at 21:24	1,236 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 21:21	599 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:20	1,199 MW	5	G19
6 September at 21:15	860 MW	5	G19FRP
6 September at 21:14	716 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 21:10	728 MW	3	G19
6 September at 21:05	978 MW	5	G19FRP
6 September at 21:04	826 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 21:00	929 MW	3	G19
6 September at 20:55	742 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 20:54	937 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 20:50	480 MW	2	G19
6 September at 20:45	947 MW	5	G19FRP
6 September at 20:44	917 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 20:40	1,083 MW	5	G19
6 September at 20:35	898 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 20:30	462 MW	2	G19
6 September at 20:25	552 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 20:24	647 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 20:20	513 MW	2	G19
6 September at 20:15	521 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 20:14	176 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:05	213 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 19:55	564 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 19:45	463 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 19:44	112 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 19:40	366 MW	2	G19
6 September at 19:35	540 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 19:34	29 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 19:30	262 MW	2	G19
6 September at 19:25	146 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 19:24	186 MW	5	N21
6 September at 19:24	1,374 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 19:21	687 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 19:20	186 MW	2	G19
6 September at 19:15	467 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 19:14	1,130 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 19:10	117 MW	1	G19
6 September at 19:05	271 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 19:04	321 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 19:00	99 MW	1	G19
6 September at 18:55	509 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 18:54	147 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 18:50	498 MW	2	G19
6 September at 18:45	477 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 18:40	552 MW	3	G19
6 September at 18:39	394 MW	7	N20
6 September at 18:20	147 MW	8	N
6 September at 18:15	139 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 18:14	1,117 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 18:06	592 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 18:04	1,157 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 18:00	299 MW	2	G19
6 September at 17:55	734 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 17:54	83 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 17:50	931 MW	4	G19
6 September at 17:45	575 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 17:44	81 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 17:40	157 MW	2	G19
6 September at 17:35	234 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 17:30	329 MW	2	G19
6 September at 17:25	195 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 17:15	162 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 17:10	137 MW	1	G19
6 September at 17:05	230 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 17:00	370 MW	2	G19
6 September at 16:55	166 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 16:54	774 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 16:51	1,617 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 16:50	197 MW	1	G19
6 September at 16:45	1,199 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 16:44	1,591 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 16:40	964 MW	2	G19
6 September at 16:36	2,070 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 16:35	1,125 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 16:34	1,984 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 16:30	999 MW	3	G19
6 September at 16:25	2,277 MW	4	G19FRP
6 September at 16:20	1,740 MW	3	G19
6 September at 16:15	345 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 16:10	249 MW	1	G19
6 September at 16:05	68 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 16:00	79 MW	1	G19
6 September at 15:55	43 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 15:50	50 MW	1	G19
6 September at 15:30	39 MW	1	G19
6 September at 07:40	11 MW	4	N20
6 September at 07:23	27 MW	21	N
6 September at 06:44	26 MW	22	N21
6 September at 06:00	23 MW	10	N20
6 September at 02:26	33 MW	2	Terra

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