Visible Earth: Fires and Smoke in Northern China

Images & Animations

Credit
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Agricultural fires are burning in Northern China (south) and southern Russia (north) on March 28, 2003. The fires were detected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite and are marked in red. Some of the fires are associated with dark brown burn scars.

Metadata

Sensor
Aqua/MODIS
Visualization Date
2003-03-28

1. All Sensors
2. » MODIS
1. All Satellites
2. » Aqua
3. » MODIS
1. All Categories
2. » GCMD Topics
3. » Agriculture
4. » Forest Science
5. » Forest Fire Science
1. All Categories
2. » GCMD Topics
3. » Biosphere
4. » Ecological Dynamics
5. » Fire Characteristics
1. All Categories
2. » GCMD Topics
3. » Biosphere
4. » Ecological Dynamics
5. » Fire Occurrence
1. All Categories
2. » GCMD Topics
3. » Biosphere
4. » Vegetation
5. » Reclamation/Revegetation/Restoration
1. All Categories
2. » GCMD Topics
3. » Biosphere
4. » Vegetation
5. » Vegetation Cover
1. All Categories
2. » GCMD Topics
3. » Human Dimensions
4. » Natural Hazards
5. » Fires
1. All Categories
2. » Collections
3. » MODIS Groups
4. » MODIS Rapid Response
5. » NChina.A2003078
1. All Categories
2. » Geographic Regions
3. » Countries
4. » China
1. All Categories
2. » Geographic Regions
3. » Countries
4. » Russia

Fires and Smoke in Northern China

Images & Animations

Credit

Metadata

Sensor

Visualization Date