Fires in Central - Eastern Africa
25 January 2001
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, 24 January 2001.
Heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue are visible from fires burning in Sudan, Central African Republic, Uganda, and Congo.
(Source: OSEI/NOAA)
Fires in Sudan and Central African Republic: background information.