Fire near Septentrionale (ZM)

10.51°S, 30.83°E · first detected on 6 September at 00:59

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 6 September at 00:59 to 7 September at 15:40, that is 2 days, through 83 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,488 ha.

Detected extent: 1,488 ha
Cumulative power: 1,309 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 182 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 83

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
8 September at 01:03	7 MW	4	N21
7 September at 21:06	53 MW	3	Terra
7 September at 21:05	18 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 20:53	11 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 20:50	84 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 20:43	35 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 20:35	68 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 20:33	21 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 20:23	12 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 20:05	18 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 19:35	15 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 18:53	16 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 18:50	97 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 18:50	77 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 18:35	18 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 18:03	12 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 17:50	30 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 17:35	50 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 17:35	40 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 17:33	12 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 17:23	41 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 17:20	129 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 17:20	114 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 17:13	34 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 17:05	78 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 17:05	85 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 17:03	40 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 16:53	66 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 16:50	320 MW	7	Met9
7 September at 16:50	297 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 16:43	53 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 16:35	183 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 16:35	159 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 16:33	76 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 16:23	78 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 16:20	165 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 16:20	102 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 16:13	70 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 16:05	94 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 16:05	132 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 16:03	59 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 15:53	62 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 15:50	119 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 15:50	54 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 15:43	121 MW	6	Met12
7 September at 15:40	147 MW	14	Aqua
7 September at 15:35	210 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 15:35	152 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 15:33	135 MW	6	Met12
7 September at 15:23	155 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 15:20	471 MW	8	Met9
7 September at 15:20	316 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 15:13	354 MW	12	Met12
7 September at 15:05	201 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 15:05	387 MW	9	Met9
7 September at 15:03	234 MW	9	Met12
7 September at 14:53	208 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 14:50	360 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 14:50	259 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 14:43	159 MW	7	Met12
7 September at 14:35	219 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 14:34	155 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 14:34	93 MW	7	N
7 September at 14:33	134 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 14:23	248 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 14:20	366 MW	9	Met9
7 September at 14:19	247 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 14:13	189 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 14:05	81 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 14:03	24 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 13:57	585 MW	33	N21
7 September at 13:50	263 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 13:49	157 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 13:34	85 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 13:19	41 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 13:13	125 MW	21	N20
7 September at 13:04	111 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 13:04	79 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 12:53	113 MW	14	N
7 September at 12:49	158 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 12:49	119 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 12:34	121 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 12:34	93 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 12:19	47 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 12:04	318 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 12:04	233 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 12:03	74 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 17:05	28 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 17:05	25 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 16:50	59 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 16:50	89 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 16:43	10 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 16:35	95 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 16:35	60 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 16:33	66 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:23	26 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 16:20	46 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 16:20	33 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 16:13	43 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 16:05	86 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 16:05	103 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 16:03	54 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 15:53	51 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 15:50	152 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 15:50	224 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 15:43	59 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 15:35	183 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 15:35	179 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 15:33	116 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:23	33 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 15:20	49 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 15:20	135 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 15:13	87 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 15:05	280 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 15:05	305 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 15:03	124 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 15:01	577 MW	6	Aqua
6 September at 14:53	90 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 14:50	94 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 14:50	283 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 14:49	105 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 14:43	127 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 14:35	333 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 14:34	148 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 14:33	82 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:23	141 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 14:20	396 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 14:19	198 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 14:19	441 MW	27	N21
6 September at 14:13	99 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:05	809 MW	11	Met9
6 September at 14:04	489 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 14:03	280 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 13:53	176 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 13:50	224 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 13:49	209 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 13:49	71 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 13:43	155 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 13:34	462 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 13:34	241 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 13:33	103 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 13:32	300 MW	33	N20
6 September at 13:23	145 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 13:19	168 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 13:19	296 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 13:15	200 MW	23	N
6 September at 13:13	19 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 13:04	601 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 13:04	389 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 13:03	220 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 12:53	212 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 12:49	308 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 12:49	521 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 12:43	27 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 12:38	238 MW	11	N21
6 September at 12:34	369 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 12:34	369 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 12:33	195 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 12:23	195 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 12:19	294 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 12:19	334 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 12:13	215 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 12:04	452 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 12:04	268 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 12:03	244 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 11:53	115 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 11:49	185 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 11:49	162 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 11:43	324 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 11:34	299 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 11:34	303 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 11:33	129 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 11:23	107 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 11:19	274 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 11:19	197 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 11:13	208 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 11:04	39 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 11:03	50 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 10:53	67 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 10:43	75 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 10:33	12 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 01:41	2 MW	2	N21
6 September at 00:59	1 MW	2	N20
6 September at 00:37	4 MW	3	N

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