Asia Fires (2001-2002)

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Fires over Asia during 2001 and 2002

This animation shows fire activity over Asia from 8/21/2001 to 8/20/2002. The fires are shown as tiny particles with each particle depicting the site at which a fire was detected. Daily fires are displayed at a rate of 10 days per second. The fire particles fade over 1.7 seconds and change color as they age from red to orange, yellow and grey.

This animation shows fires detected over Asia from 8/21/2001 through 8/20/2002.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Animation ID

    2540

  • Video ID

    SVS2002-1001

  • Start Timecode

    01:28:07:22

  • End Timecode

    01:29:29:29

  • Animator

    Greg Shirah, Cindy Starr

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2002/08/26

  • Scientist

    Chris Justice (University of Maryland), Robert Sohlberg (University of Maryland)

  • Datasets

    Fire Location, Blue Marble

  • Keywords

    Fires, GCMD--Location--Asia

  • DLESE Subject

    Natural hazards, Atmospheric science, Forestry

  • Data Date

    2001/08/21 through 2002/08/20

  • Animation Type

    Regular

  • Other Credits

    Fire location data courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project (NASA/GSFC and University of Maryland). Blue Marble data courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).