Smoke over India

Fires and Smoke Haze over India

3 May 2002

GFMC Update 3 May 2002, 08:00 GMT

At the end of the dry season a large number of fires are observed in the subcontinent of India. The emissions of these fires mix with emissions from fossil-fuel burning, notably traffic and coal-fired powerplants and the use of coal in households. Satellite images show fire activities and total aerosol emissions (see below). For more details on total emissions and emissions transport: see website of the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX).

Latest Satellite Image

Forest fires and land-use fires in India, acquired by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on 30 April 2002.

Fires can be seen in India
Source: http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/products_rr.html
Image search support at:
http://www.uni-freiburg.de/fireglobe/current/MODIS.htm

The TOMS Global Aerosol Hot Spots Page provides screened close-ups of regions with active fires and smoke emissions, displayed in the following table.

26 April 2002 27 April 2002 28 April 2002 29 April 2002 30 April 2002 1 May 2002

Smoke over India.
(Source: TOMS Global Aerosol Hot Spots Page)

For recent GFMC reports from India see International Forest Fire News.