Fires in Kazakhstan
ForestFires in Kazakhstan
23 March 2004
Latest map of the Fire Laboratory of the Sukachev Institute ofForest, Krasnoyarsk
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Daily Fire Occurrence and Fire Danger Maps of the Fire Laboratory of the Sukachev Institute of Forest, Krasnoyarsk
Selected fire occurrence maps, satellite images and a forest fire danger map are prepared daily by the Russian GFMC correspondent Dr. Anatoly Sukhinin, Fire Laboratory of the Sukachev Institute of Forest, Krasnoyarsk, in collaboration with the Emergency Situation Monitoring and Forecasting Agency, Krasnoyarsk branch. The maps are produced on the base of satellite data (classification by the NOAA AVHRR). They show the fire locations (by latitude and longitude) and the area affected by fire (red signature, size in ha). The red arrow at each fire location points to the nearest populated place. The terms Oblast or Kray used in the maps are designations of administrative regions. A map showing the boundaries of administrative regions and a legend is included below.
Map legend
Administrative boundaries
Latest satellite image
Aqua satellite
22 March 2005
07:45 UTC
NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
The satellite image depicted on 22 March 2005 at 07:45 UTC by MODIS on Aqua shows early spring wildland fires (steppe fires) burning in the lowlands of Kazakhstan close to the border of Northern Kyrgyzstan. The mountain forests are still covered with snow. See also map with geographic details (map source: Encarta). 
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