Forest Fires in Cuba: 30 April 2001
Forest Fires in Central America
03 April 2002
Fires in Central Americas:
These image were acquired by the Moderate-resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on 02 April 2002
showing fires burning in Central America. For details see:
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/products_rr.html
and image search support at:
http://www.uni-freiburg.de/fireglobe/current/MODIS.htm
As can be seen in this true-color scene acquired on April 2, 2002, many fires dot the landscape across portions of Central America. This image spans from Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula across Guatemala and into El Salvador and Honduras. (Source: Nasa Earth Observatory)
Fires in Mexico
Several active fire signals in Cuba and in Mexico are recorded by OSEI with the NOAA AVHRR Sensor on 01 April 2002.
NOAA image of vegetation fires in Mexico on 01 April 2002.
Heat signatures (red) and smoke plumes (light blue haze) are visible from fires burning in Mexico. The pink areas visible in this image are due to solar heating of the ground
surface. (Source: NESDIS/OSEI)
For further information on Fires in Cuba: see contribution in International Forest Fire News (IFFN) : Mexico
Fires in Cuba
NOAA image of vegetation fires in Cuba on 01 April 2002.
Heat signatures (red) and smoke plumes (light blue haze) are visible from fires burning in Cuba.
(Source: NESDIS/OSEI)
For further information on Fires in Cuba: see contribution in International Forest Fire News (IFFN) : Cuba.
The latest country report of Cuba has been published within the FAO Global Forest Fire Assessment 1990-2000 and is accessible at the FAO website at:
http://www.fao.org/forestry/fo/country/index.jsp?geo_id=185&lang_id=1
