GFMC: Bush and Forest Fires in Australia
10 January 2003
Latest Satellite Images fromAfrica:
Firesin West Africa
The west-central Africa fire season is currently underway, and widespreadbiomass burning (red dots) is apparent in this true-color ModerateResolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite captured on 03 January 2003. Countries pictured are(clockwise from top left) Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone,Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and the Gambia.
Source: NASA/ EO
Heat signatures (red) are visiblefrom fires burning across parts of Ghana, Togo, and Benin (Africa) in thisMODIS (ModerateResolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) image from 03 January 2003.
Source: OSEI/NOAA
For background information on theFire Situation in Africa see:
RegionalWildland Fire Networks (AfriFireNet) and
IFFN Country Reports on various african countries.
For background Information see also: Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
