Fire near Territoire du Nord (AU)

17.33°S, 135.49°E · first detected on 22 October at 05:47

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 22 October at 05:47 to 22 October at 07:23, through 135 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,713 ha.

Detected extent: 1,713 ha
Cumulative power: 4,672 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 230 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 135

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 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 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
23 October at 06:44	532 MW	24	N
23 October at 06:08	532 MW	23	N21
23 October at 06:07	272 MW	2	Him9
23 October at 05:57	94 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 05:47	75 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 05:27	97 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 18:35	3 MW	1	N20
22 October at 18:13	6 MW	3	N
22 October at 17:35	5 MW	4	N21
22 October at 14:07	35 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 13:57	34 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 13:37	352 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 13:27	35 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 13:17	106 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 13:07	357 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 12:57	1,292 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 12:47	1,075 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 12:37	3,163 MW	9	Him9
22 October at 12:27	1,215 MW	7	Him9
22 October at 12:07	36 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 11:57	2,028 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 11:47	71 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 11:37	410 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 10:47	199 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:27	135 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:07	110 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:57	239 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:47	489 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:37	266 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:17	193 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 07:47	1,864 MW	8	Him9
22 October at 07:37	4,774 MW	13	Him9
22 October at 07:27	6,602 MW	11	Him9
22 October at 07:23	1,296 MW	95	N20
22 October at 07:17	882 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 07:07	97 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 07:04	1,434 MW	85	N
22 October at 06:47	233 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 06:37	2,553 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 06:27	3,478 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 06:25	3,733 MW	99	N21
22 October at 06:17	1,397 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 06:07	1,213 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 05:57	911 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 05:47	415 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 05:37	321 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 05:17	908 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 05:07	140 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 04:57	589 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 04:37	331 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 04:27	997 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 04:17	417 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 04:07	490 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 03:57	546 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 03:47	179 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 03:37	427 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 03:17	248 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 02:47	133 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 22:57	130 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 22:47	89 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 22:37	328 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 22:17	411 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 21:27	521 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 20:57	583 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 20:47	319 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 20:37	192 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 20:27	2,441 MW	7	Him9
21 October at 20:17	1,726 MW	8	Him9
21 October at 20:07	96 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 19:57	36 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 19:47	57 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 19:37	16 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 19:27	61 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 19:17	129 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 19:07	410 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 18:57	764 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 18:52	1,199 MW	58	N20
21 October at 18:47	81 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 18:37	702 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 18:33	555 MW	83	N
21 October at 18:27	723 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 18:17	295 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 18:07	312 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 17:57	154 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 17:56	350 MW	69	N21
21 October at 17:47	111 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 17:37	27 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 17:27	146 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 17:17	140 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 17:07	156 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 16:57	108 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 16:37	122 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 16:27	346 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 16:07	358 MW	9	Him9
21 October at 15:57	410 MW	9	Him9
21 October at 15:47	466 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 15:37	359 MW	6	Him9
21 October at 15:27	143 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 15:17	106 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 15:07	106 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 14:57	81 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 14:47	80 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 14:37	19 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 14:27	162 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 14:17	189 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 14:07	44 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 13:57	28 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 13:38	189 MW	21	Terra
21 October at 13:37	37 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 13:17	71 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 13:07	101 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 12:57	26 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:37	67 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:17	56 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:07	35 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:07	102 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:57	244 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:47	34 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:37	105 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:27	45 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:03	53 MW	3	Aqua
21 October at 07:23	487 MW	63	N
21 October at 06:46	855 MW	63	N21
21 October at 06:02	762 MW	66	N20
21 October at 01:29	140 MW	11	Terra
20 October at 19:09	21 MW	11	N20
20 October at 18:52	61 MW	40	N
20 October at 18:13	89 MW	46	N21
20 October at 17:29	59 MW	31	N20
20 October at 15:47	17 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 15:37	38 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 15:27	78 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 15:17	52 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 15:07	19 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:57	19 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:47	17 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:37	21 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:27	19 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:07	24 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 13:47	136 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 13:37	21 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 12:57	16 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 12:07	19 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 11:27	19 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 11:17	21 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 11:07	41 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 10:57	49 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 10:47	23 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:37	48 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 10:27	25 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:17	49 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 09:57	26 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:47	34 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:37	36 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:27	36 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 08:27	72 MW	2	Aqua
20 October at 07:57	675 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 07:47	30 MW	1	Him9

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