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 LAC satellite image, 18 January 2001.
Heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue) are visible from fires burning in Sudan and
Ethiopia. .
(Source: OSEI/NOAA)
Fires in Sudan and Ethiopia: background information.