Fires in Mongolia
Fires inMongolia
26April 2006
GFMC analysis: According to the latest satellite-derived analysis provided by the Sukachev Institute for Forest (Krasnoyarsk) the total area burned by 25 April in Mongolia is 288 537 hectares (ha).
Large fires were detected by the Information and Computer Center (ICC) on 23 April 2006 on the base of satellite data (classification by the NOAA AVHRR). The following images show a time series of the developing fires burning in the foothills of the mountains that separate Russia (north) from Mongolia (south).
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(source: Information and Computer Center)
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite captured this image of the fires (actively burning areas outlined in red) and their accompanying large burn scars (dark brown). The smoke is blowing southeastward. To the southeast, a burn scar more than 50 kilometers across darkens the light tan landscape.
TERRA
23 April 2006
9:35 hrs UTC
(source: EarthObservatory)
The high-resolution image provided above has a spatialresolution of 250 meters per pixel.
Fire Occurrence Map of the Fire Laboratory of theSukachev Institute of Forest, Krasnoyarsk
25 April 2006
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