NOTICE: To maintain the integrity of the data, use of this data for publications, posters, or talks requires an offer of authorship to the UW-Madison CIMSS GOES Biomass Burning Monitoring Program. Please send authorship requests to Elaine.Prins@ssec.wisc.edu.

Many examples of fire detection using satellite imagery can be found in the GOES Gallery at CIMSS. If you are interested in these examples, follow these links:

1. GOES-8 and Terra MODIS images of smoke from Canadian wildfires (21 June - 08 July 2002)
   
   
2. GOES and Terra MODIS imagery of Arizona wildfires (23 June 2002)
   
   
3. GOES Wildfire ABBA imagery showing the Colorado wildfires (09 June 2002)
   
   
4. GOES-8 and GOES-10 Wildfire ABBA product imagery of the Gavilan (Fallbrook) fire (10 Feb 2002)
   
   
5. GOES-8, NOAA-14 and ABBA product imagery of the Washington state wildfires (10 Jul 2001)
   
   
6. GOES-8 and Terra MODIS imagery of fires burning in Florida (24-25 May 2001)
   
   
7. GOES-8 and GOES-10 multispectral products showing the smoke plume and hot spots from a large wildfire near San Diego, CA (03 Jan 2001)
   
   
8. GOES-8 fire observations and MOPITT carbon monoxide distributions in South America (07 Sep 2000)
   
   
9. GOES-8 observations of smoke and GOES-8 Wildfire ABBA detected fires in Louisiana and Texas (5 Sep 2000)
   
   
10. GOES-8 fire observations and MOPITT carbon monoxide distributions in North America (22-27 Aug 2000)
    
    
11. GOES-8, GOES-10, and NOAA-12 observations of smoke, fire-induced cloud, GOES-8 Wildfire ABBA detected fires in Montana and Idaho (22 Aug 2000)
    
    
12. GOES-8 and GOES-10 observations of smoke and GOES-8 Wildfire ABBA detected fires (14 Aug 2000)
    
    
13. GOES-11 and WSR-88D radar observations of elevated smoke layers over the Midwest region (09 Aug 2000)
    
    
14. GOES-8 shortwave IR imagery of a controlled-burn fire in Delaware (30 Mar 2000)
    
    
15. GOES-10 imagery of fires across Montana and North Dakota. (31 Oct 1999)
    
    
16. GOES-10 imager and sounder observations of fires in the Western United States. (16 Aug 1999)
    
    
17. GOES-8 Images of the Florida Everglades Wildfire. (19 April 1999)
    
    
18. GOES-8 experimental smoke and fire products which help to explain an occurrence of "blue rain" over northern Argentina (02 Sep 1998)
    
    
19. GOES-8 visible and shortwave IR imagery of wildfires burning in Idaho and Montana (02 Sep 1998)
    
    
20. GOES-8 imagery showing fires in Florida ( 22 June 1998 )
    
    
21. An Experimental Fire Product for Central America is used to find fire locations in Central America. ( 04 June 1998 )
    
    
22. GOES-8 visible imagery showing smoke from Central American fires (13 May 1998)
    
    
23. GOES-8 visible and IR imagery of smoke from Canadian fires (07 May 1998)
    
    
24. GOES-8 visible and shortwave IR imagery of fires in Minnesota (22 Apr 1998)
    
    
25. GOES-8 visible imagery of a smoke pall over the Gulf of Mexico (07 Apr 1998)
    
    
26. GOES-8 shortwave IR and visible imagery showing fires burning in Amazonia (15-17 Mar 1998)
    
    
27. GOES-8 visible and shortwave IR imagery which reveals widespread fires across Mexico (16 Feb 1998)
    
    
28. Imagery showing the diurnal pattern of burning in South America and the extent of the smoke coverage on one of the peak burning days during the 1997 burning season. (08 Oct 1997)
    
    
29. Hot spots observed in Virginia and North Carolina are indicators of possible wildfires or agricultural burning. (23 Sep 1997)
    
    
30. GOES-8 and GOES-9 shortwave IR imagery detecting fires in Louisiana and California. (06 Aug 1997)
    
    
31. GOES-8 visible and shortwave infrared imagery showing agricultural burning over the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, which produced a large smoke pall over the Gulf of Mexico. (25 Apr 1997)
    
    
32. GOES-8 visible and shortwave infrared images showing several wildfires across Ontario, Canada (14 Jun 1996)
    
    
33. GOES-9 shortwave infrared image showing a wildfire near Anchorage, AK (5 Jun 1996)