Forest and Wildland Fires in Central-Western Africa
8 September 2000
Several active fire signals were recorded by OSEI with the NOAA-14 POES AVHRR HRPT satellite on 6 September 2000 in central-western Africa.
Scattered heat signatures and smoke plumes from areas of fire burning in Angola, Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo .
(Source: NOAA/OSEI)
A new TOMS Global Aerosol Hot Spots Page provides screened close-ups of regions with active fires and smoke emissions.
1 September 2000
2 September 2000
3 September 2000
4 September 2000
5 September 2000
6 September 2000Smoke from vegetation fires in Africa
NOTE: The surface background image used here is NOT part of the TOMS aerosol index retrieval.
(Source: TOMS Global Aerosol Hot Spots Page)