Operational
Significant Event Imagery (OSEI)
The following significant events were identified by Satellite Analysis Branch
meteorologists and reviewed by the OSEI support team:
NESDIS/OSEI NOAA-14 POES AVHRR satellite image, 14 June 2001.
Heat signatures (red) are visible from fires burning along the west coast of Mexico.
(Source: NESDIS/OSEI)
NESDIS/OSEI NOAA-14 POES AVHRR satellite image, 13 June 2001.
Heat signatures (red) are visible from fires burning in Mexico and Belize.
Heat signatures (red) are visible from fires burning in Honduras and Nicaragua.
(Source: NESDIS/OSEI)
NESDIS/OSEI NOAA-14 POES AVHRR satellite image, 13 June 2001.
Heat signatures (red) are visible from fires burning in Honduras and Nicaragua.
(Source: NESDIS/OSEI)
An analysisof the total fire situation in Central America in 1998 "Incendios forestales y agrícolas en Céntroamerica" is provided by the "Central American Protected Areas System" (CAPAS). Fire maps of 1998 are available from the "Programa Frontera Agricola".
For more information on forest and other wildland fires in México: see
IFFN reports on Mexico
and the recent Mexican Wildfire
statistics extract.
For more information on fires in Nicaragua: see IFFN reports on Nicaragua