Forest Fires in Canada: 17 May 1999
17 May 1999
Heat signature from burning fires and burn scars are recorded by OSEI on 14 May 1999.
Fig.1. NOAA AVHRR image of fires burning northwest of Big Trout Lake and burn scars on the southern shores and to the southeast of Lake Nipigon in Ontario, Canada, on 14 May 1999
(Source: NOAA http://www.osei.noaa.gov/)
A quick overview of the latest (current) fire situation (last update: 15 May) and all previous days can be directly accessed at the Fire Monitoring, Mapping, and Modelling (FireM3) Project website (the FireM3 project is a collaboration of the Canadian Forest Service and the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing). Through the Map Link you can access daily hotspot images. An Internet Map Server, which is like a simple GIS running on the host computer, allows you to zoom in on any fire or other area of interest and view the image and map data at full (1km) resolution. You can also click on any fire and get information about that fire.
