Fire near Queensland (AU)

18.83°S, 138.49°E

What the satellites measured

This fire is not in the last thirty days of the fire list, but detections remain around this point: the curve below is rebuilt from the raw pixels, which are kept for a hundred days.

“Detected extent” is not “burned area”: it is the union of the ground footprints of the satellite pixels, and a pixel counts in full (375 m for VIIRS, 1 km for MODIS) 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's footprint and loads only its detections. The timeline below covers the period in which satellites saw it, from the first to the last detection, with twelve hours before and twenty-four after; the ticks on the bar mark the emergency services' announcements that fall within it. The cursor opens on the most powerful pass, and playback replays the whole fire in about thirty seconds. “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. “24 h” stacks twenty-four hours : a fire stays visible between two satellite passes, which come two to four times a day. 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 30 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
12 October at 06:51	7 MW	1	N
11 October at 18:39	3 MW	2	N20
11 October at 18:20	8 MW	4	N
11 October at 17:44	5 MW	2	N21
11 October at 13:42	18 MW	2	Terra
11 October at 07:10	46 MW	6	N
11 October at 06:32	179 MW	12	N21
11 October at 05:47	121 MW	9	N20
10 October at 18:58	60 MW	8	N20
10 October at 18:37	10 MW	2	N
10 October at 18:01	64 MW	12	N21
10 October at 17:18	52 MW	7	N20
10 October at 13:04	244 MW	8	Terra
10 October at 08:40	23 MW	3	Aqua
10 October at 07:27	161 MW	11	N
10 October at 06:53	281 MW	16	N21
10 October at 06:08	124 MW	18	N20
10 October at 05:49	53 MW	11	N
9 October at 07:10	2,024 MW	77	N21
9 October at 06:25	1,468 MW	73	N20
9 October at 06:06	1,021 MW	80	N
9 October at 05:30	1,379 MW	72	N21
9 October at 01:52	532 MW	7	Terra
8 October at 18:39	50 MW	28	N21
8 October at 17:56	126 MW	45	N20
8 October at 17:35	76 MW	39	N
8 October at 13:23	214 MW	17	Terra
8 October at 09:01	450 MW	5	Aqua
8 October at 06:44	932 MW	24	N20
8 October at 06:25	270 MW	13	N
8 October at 05:47	747 MW	60	N21
8 October at 01:14	97 MW	6	Terra
7 October at 18:13	90 MW	29	N20
7 October at 17:54	84 MW	22	N
7 October at 17:18	137 MW	31	N21
7 October at 07:04	619 MW	28	N20
7 October at 06:44	1,075 MW	33	N
7 October at 06:08	1,171 MW	31	N21
7 October at 00:35	106 MW	2	Terra
6 October at 20:15	1,790 MW	24	Aqua
6 October at 18:34	206 MW	30	N20
6 October at 18:13	26 MW	13	N
6 October at 17:35	3 MW	1	N21
6 October at 13:45	35 MW	1	Terra
6 October at 09:24	758 MW	4	Aqua
6 October at 07:23	157 MW	16	N20
6 October at 07:01	625 MW	51	N
6 October at 05:42	1,139 MW	56	N20
6 October at 01:33	252 MW	8	Terra
5 October at 19:37	255 MW	4	Aqua
5 October at 18:52	238 MW	39	N20
5 October at 18:33	378 MW	51	N
5 October at 17:56	397 MW	60	N21
5 October at 17:12	302 MW	40	N20
5 October at 13:04	363 MW	9	Terra
5 October at 08:46	235 MW	3	Aqua
5 October at 07:23	965 MW	36	N
5 October at 06:44	457 MW	30	N21
5 October at 06:00	329 MW	25	N20
5 October at 05:42	228 MW	20	N
5 October at 00:54	259 MW	7	Terra
4 October at 20:36	37 MW	3	Aqua
4 October at 18:52	104 MW	18	N
4 October at 18:13	244 MW	31	N21
4 October at 17:29	93 MW	28	N20
4 October at 14:04	157 MW	5	Terra
4 October at 08:10	479 MW	6	Aqua
4 October at 07:04	516 MW	20	N21
4 October at 06:19	292 MW	18	N20
4 October at 06:00	335 MW	26	N
4 October at 01:54	299 MW	4	Terra
3 October at 19:58	14 MW	1	Aqua
3 October at 19:09	9 MW	5	N
3 October at 18:35	33 MW	9	N21
3 October at 17:50	29 MW	8	N20
3 October at 17:31	18 MW	9	N
3 October at 13:25	50 MW	5	Terra
3 October at 06:38	131 MW	12	N20
3 October at 05:42	160 MW	10	N21
3 October at 01:14	292 MW	9	Terra
2 October at 18:52	35 MW	11	N21
2 October at 18:07	26 MW	18	N20
2 October at 17:48	44 MW	25	N
2 October at 17:12	45 MW	17	N21
2 October at 08:29	339 MW	13	Aqua
2 October at 06:57	176 MW	12	N20
2 October at 06:38	134 MW	17	N
2 October at 06:02	385 MW	18	N21
2 October at 00:37	538 MW	5	Terra
1 October at 20:21	80 MW	4	Aqua
1 October at 18:26	150 MW	37	N20
1 October at 18:07	81 MW	38	N
1 October at 17:29	65 MW	15	N21
1 October at 13:45	41 MW	6	Terra
1 October at 07:16	126 MW	11	N20
1 October at 06:55	112 MW	12	N
1 October at 06:19	90 MW	13	N21
1 October at 05:36	130 MW	10	N20
1 October at 01:35	154 MW	7	Terra
30 September at 18:45	11 MW	4	N20
30 September at 18:26	3 MW	2	N
30 September at 17:50	24 MW	12	N21
30 September at 07:16	380 MW	34	N
30 September at 06:38	48 MW	8	N21
30 September at 05:53	120 MW	13	N20
30 September at 00:57	370 MW	14	Terra
29 September at 20:43	905 MW	19	Aqua
29 September at 18:43	282 MW	66	N
29 September at 18:07	566 MW	101	N21
29 September at 17:24	247 MW	90	N20
29 September at 14:04	289 MW	9	Terra
29 September at 08:14	376 MW	2	Aqua
29 September at 07:33	554 MW	36	N
29 September at 06:57	979 MW	69	N21
29 September at 06:14	270 MW	30	N20
29 September at 05:53	363 MW	34	N
29 September at 01:54	1,224 MW	5	Terra
28 September at 20:06	103 MW	8	Aqua
28 September at 19:05	146 MW	40	N
28 September at 18:26	192 MW	29	N21
28 September at 17:41	161 MW	33	N20
28 September at 17:24	140 MW	29	N
28 September at 09:14	110 MW	2	Aqua
28 September at 07:16	241 MW	16	N21
28 September at 06:32	89 MW	16	N20
28 September at 06:12	26 MW	4	N
28 September at 05:36	162 MW	15	N21
28 September at 01:16	77 MW	6	Terra
27 September at 18:45	93 MW	17	N21
27 September at 18:03	210 MW	23	N20
27 September at 17:41	106 MW	20	N
27 September at 17:05	108 MW	11	N21
27 September at 06:49	59 MW	9	N20
27 September at 06:32	29 MW	9	N
27 September at 05:53	80 MW	10	N21
26 September at 18:20	19 MW	10	N20
26 September at 17:58	30 MW	19	N
26 September at 17:24	20 MW	17	N21
26 September at 13:47	47 MW	4	Terra
26 September at 07:10	143 MW	22	N20
26 September at 06:51	185 MW	16	N
26 September at 06:14	406 MW	15	N21
26 September at 01:37	28 MW	2	Terra
25 September at 18:39	11 MW	12	N20
25 September at 18:20	16 MW	13	N
25 September at 17:44	28 MW	15	N21
25 September at 13:06	23 MW	1	Terra
25 September at 08:59	139 MW	6	Aqua
25 September at 07:27	4 MW	1	N20
25 September at 07:08	46 MW	6	N
25 September at 06:32	80 MW	10	N21
25 September at 00:59	9 MW	1	Terra
24 September at 18:58	16 MW	6	N20
24 September at 18:37	30 MW	24	N
24 September at 18:01	34 MW	21	N21
24 September at 17:18	11 MW	5	N20
24 September at 14:06	48 MW	2	Terra
24 September at 08:22	762 MW	10	Aqua
24 September at 07:27	1,497 MW	74	N
24 September at 06:53	3,005 MW	101	N21
24 September at 06:06	2,442 MW	107	N20
24 September at 05:49	1,659 MW	77	N
24 September at 01:56	315 MW	3	Terra
23 September at 20:11	14 MW	2	Aqua
23 September at 18:58	26 MW	20	N
23 September at 18:20	66 MW	27	N21
23 September at 17:35	39 MW	29	N20
23 September at 17:16	27 MW	18	N
23 September at 13:28	34 MW	4	Terra

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