forest fire in Okawango delta
Fires in Botswana and Namibia
03 April 2002
This image was acquired by the Moderate-resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on 02 April 2002
showing fires burning in the Okavango Delta (Botswana) and Caprivi Strip (Namibia).
For details of image acquirement see:
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/products_rr.html
and image search support at:
http://www.uni-freiburg.de/fireglobe/current/MODIS.htm
A GFMC pre-publication of Chapter 8 Remote Sensing of Wildland Fires in Africa, Sub-Chapters 8.6.2 (Namibia) and 8.6.3 (Botswana), of the Fire Management Handbook for Sub Sahara Africa (J.G.Goldammer and N. de Ronde, eds; SPB Acad. Publ., The Hague) is available as PDF file (1,2 MB)
The Okavango Delta (Botswana) seen from space
(photograph by Space Shuttle mission S07,1982. Ref. No. S07-04-133. Courtesy: NASA).
More details on fire occurrence in Namibia / Caprivi region can be found at:
- 30 % Reduction in Fire Incidents in three Years (IFFN No. 19 – October 1998)
- Reduction in Fire Incidents in East Caprivi (IFFN No. 21 – September 1999)
- Fire Monitoring and Management in Namibia (IFFN No. 22 – April 2000)
- Fire Situation – Fire Environment, Fire Regime and Ecological Role (IFFN No. 25 – July 2001)
