GFMC: Bush and Forest Fires in Australia
05 Dezember 2003
Latest Satellite Images fromCentral Africa
9:00 UTC (Terra Satellite) 11:55 UTC (Aqua Satellite)
These images were captured on 04 December 2003 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). They are provided with resolution of 2 km and 500 m respectively.
(Image courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project at NASA/GSFC).
As Northern Hemisphere autumn progresses toward winter, fire activity in the Sahel and
savannas just south of Africas Sahara Desert begins to increase. Fires, marked with red dots,
are probably due to land clearings, mostly in Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan.
For background information on theFire Situation in Africa see:
RegionalWildland Fire Networks (AfriFireNet) and
IFFN Country Reports on various african countries,
especially on the CentralAfrican Republic.
