Fire near Pará (BR)

5.35°S, 56.03°W · first detected on 5 September at 20:17

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 5 September at 20:17 to 6 September at 14:46, through 247 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,889 ha.

Detected extent: 1,889 ha
Cumulative power: 3,513 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 236 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 247

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 22:14	210 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 22:04	130 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 22:00	91 MW	1	G19
6 September at 21:54	99 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 21:50	321 MW	3	G19
6 September at 21:45	181 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 21:44	176 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 21:40	197 MW	1	G19
6 September at 21:35	194 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 21:34	264 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:30	283 MW	2	G19
6 September at 21:25	179 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 21:24	246 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 21:20	262 MW	2	G19
6 September at 21:15	176 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 21:14	354 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 21:05	182 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 21:04	429 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 21:00	271 MW	2	G19
6 September at 20:55	164 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 20:54	207 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:50	181 MW	2	G19
6 September at 20:45	396 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 20:44	299 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 20:40	257 MW	3	G19
6 September at 20:35	206 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 20:34	297 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 20:30	260 MW	3	G19
6 September at 20:25	243 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 20:24	102 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:20	152 MW	2	G19
6 September at 20:14	223 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 20:10	65 MW	1	G19
6 September at 20:05	186 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 20:04	192 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 20:00	92 MW	1	G19
6 September at 20:00	246 MW	32	N
6 September at 19:44	69 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 19:40	73 MW	1	G19
6 September at 19:34	52 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 19:30	50 MW	1	G19
6 September at 19:25	115 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 19:24	421 MW	34	N21
6 September at 19:24	369 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 19:15	159 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 19:14	311 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 19:05	73 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 19:04	266 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 18:40	74 MW	1	G19
6 September at 18:37	466 MW	26	N20
6 September at 18:35	186 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 18:30	180 MW	2	G19
6 September at 18:24	515 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 18:14	183 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 18:10	62 MW	1	G19
6 September at 18:00	86 MW	1	G19
6 September at 17:55	97 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 17:50	154 MW	2	G19
6 September at 17:30	63 MW	1	G19
6 September at 17:25	1,431 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 17:20	598 MW	2	G19
6 September at 17:10	78 MW	1	G19
6 September at 17:05	773 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 17:04	482 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 17:00	283 MW	1	G19
6 September at 16:55	272 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 16:50	149 MW	1	G19
6 September at 16:45	431 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 16:40	203 MW	1	G19
6 September at 16:35	243 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 16:34	653 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:30	124 MW	1	G19
6 September at 16:25	388 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 16:24	52 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 16:20	132 MW	1	G19
6 September at 16:15	236 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 16:14	704 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:10	96 MW	1	G19
6 September at 16:05	533 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 16:04	39 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 16:00	253 MW	2	G19
6 September at 15:55	425 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 15:54	816 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 15:50	304 MW	2	G19
6 September at 15:45	626 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 15:44	578 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:40	261 MW	2	G19
6 September at 15:35	505 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 15:34	282 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:30	736 MW	4	G19
6 September at 15:25	601 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 15:24	563 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:20	859 MW	4	G19
6 September at 15:15	431 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 15:14	366 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 15:10	561 MW	3	G19
6 September at 15:05	238 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 15:04	309 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:00	437 MW	3	G19
6 September at 14:55	173 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 14:54	271 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:50	362 MW	3	G19
6 September at 14:46	94 MW	2	Terra
6 September at 14:45	160 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 14:44	221 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:40	181 MW	1	G19
6 September at 14:35	143 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 14:34	153 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 14:30	162 MW	1	G19
6 September at 14:25	131 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 14:24	145 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 14:20	150 MW	1	G19
6 September at 14:15	108 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 14:14	94 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 14:10	123 MW	1	G19
6 September at 14:05	84 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 14:04	35 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 14:00	96 MW	1	G19
6 September at 13:55	167 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 13:54	80 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 13:50	94 MW	1	G19
6 September at 13:45	70 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 13:44	66 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 13:40	80 MW	1	G19
6 September at 13:35	147 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 13:34	66 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 13:30	81 MW	1	G19
6 September at 13:25	62 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 13:24	61 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 13:20	71 MW	1	G19
6 September at 13:15	62 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 13:14	56 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 13:10	69 MW	1	G19
6 September at 13:05	55 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 13:04	53 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 13:00	62 MW	1	G19
6 September at 12:55	115 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 12:54	55 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 12:50	61 MW	1	G19
6 September at 12:45	56 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 12:44	52 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 12:40	64 MW	1	G19
6 September at 12:35	60 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 12:34	46 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 12:30	69 MW	1	G19
6 September at 12:25	87 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 12:24	86 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 12:20	61 MW	1	G19
6 September at 12:15	108 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 12:14	53 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 12:10	57 MW	1	G19
6 September at 12:05	111 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 12:04	73 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 12:00	60 MW	1	G19
6 September at 11:55	111 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 11:54	94 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 11:50	59 MW	1	G19
6 September at 11:45	111 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 11:40	59 MW	1	G19
6 September at 11:35	117 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 11:30	62 MW	1	G19
6 September at 11:25	38 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 11:20	68 MW	1	G19
6 September at 11:15	67 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 11:10	73 MW	1	G19
6 September at 11:05	128 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 11:00	72 MW	1	G19
6 September at 10:55	102 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 10:50	68 MW	1	G19
6 September at 10:45	63 MW	2	G19FRP
6 September at 10:40	73 MW	1	G19
6 September at 10:35	65 MW	1	G19FRP
6 September at 10:30	71 MW	1	G19
6 September at 10:25	135 MW	3	G19FRP
6 September at 10:20	75 MW	1	G19
6 September at 09:22	70 MW	4	Aqua
6 September at 07:42	232 MW	46	N20
6 September at 07:23	308 MW	92	N
6 September at 06:46	313 MW	74	N21
6 September at 02:24	346 MW	11	Terra
5 September at 20:18	2,151 MW	18	N

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