Fires in the Southern United States
Fires in Texas Panhandleand the Great Plains
11April 2006
In the northern panhandle of Texas, late winter and early spring of 2006 have brought numerous wildfires. On6 April 2006 high winds drove the spread of several large wildfires across the region, including the Cheyenne Fire at the border of Texas and Oklahoma.
AQUA
6 April 2006
6:15 hrs UTC
(source: EarthObservatory)
This image shows the area on the afternoon of 6 April (2:40 p.m. U.S. Central Time), when NASAs Aqua satellite passed overhead. The image is from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), and places where the sensor detected actively burning fire are outlined in red. Smoke(grayish-white) and dust (tan) are blowing sharply east in the image, indicating the strength and direction of the wind.
In the plains south of Topeka, Kansas, on 9 April 2006, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite detected numerous fires burning. The larger image shows fires to the south in Oklahoma, as well. Marked in red in this photo-like satellite image, many of the fires are associated with dark-colored burn scars. MODIS cannot tell the cause of the fires it detects, but this area supports numerous ranches and farms and it is possible that the fires are for brush or pasture clearing. Many parts of the Great Plains and the Southern Plains have experienced significant early-season fire activity this year, however, so some of the fires may be natural or accidental wildfires.
TERRA
9 April 2006
13:05 hrs UTC
(source: EarthObservatory)
Marked in red in this photo-like satellite image, many of the fires are associated with dark-colored burnscars. MODIS cannot tell the cause of the fires it detects, but this area supports numerous ranches and farms and it is possible that the fires are for brush or pastureclearing. Many parts of the Great Plains and the Southern Plains have experienced significant early-season fire activity thisyear, however, so some of the fires may be natural or accidental wildfires.
The high-resolution images provided above have a spatial resolution of250 meters perpixel.
