Safari 2000 Fires and Aerosols

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Safari 2000 Fires and Aerosols

The fires that raged across southern Africa in August and September of 2000 produced a thick 'river of smoke' that observers compared with the aftermath of the Kuwaiti oil fires in 1991. NASA-supported studies currently underway on the event will contribute to improved air pollution policies in the region and a better understanding of its impact on climate change.

Fires measured by NOAA AVHRR and Smoke Index measured by Earth Probe TOMS over Southern Africa from 9/5/2000 to 9/25/2000

Metadata

  • Sensor

    TOMS/TOMS

  • Animation ID

    2017

  • Video ID

    SVS2000-0021

  • Start Timecode

    05:27:00:00

  • End Timecode

    05:28:25:00

  • Animator

    Horace Mitchell

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2000/11/16

  • Scientist

    Compton Tucker (NASA/GSFC), Jacqueline Kendall (NASA/GSFC), Jay Herman (NASA/GSFC)

  • Datasets

    Fires

  • Keywords

    Fires, Safari 2000

  • DLESE Subject

    Atmospheric science, Natural hazards

  • Georeference Data

    [37.0W,30.0N,83.0E,60.0S] zoomed to [0.5E,1.875N,45.5E,31.875S]

  • Data Date

    09/05/2000-09/25/2000

  • Story URL

    http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/environ/safari2000final.htm

  • Animation Type

    Regular