Australia Fires From Space December 2019
ABC 20 December 2019.
Australia fires from space december 2019. As of 1630 0512 GMT 24 roads and highways in NSW were affected by fire according to a government website. The large brownish areas depict burned vegetation and provide an idea of the size of the area affected by the fires here the brown strip running through the image has a width of approximately 50 km and stretches for at least 100 km along the Australian east coast. Fire front at Kulnara near Mangrove mountain NSW.
Instrument TROPOMI on the European Space Agencys. NASAs Aqua satellite used its Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer to capture this view of wildfires raging on Australias eastern coast on Dec. My Australian Bushfires map uses a video loop of Himawari-8 satellite imagery captured yesterday afternoon overlaid on the eastern coast of Australia.
The wildfires were fueled by. According to the global forest watch fire report for australia from december 28 2019 to january 4 2019 there were 31300 modis fires and 128262 viirs fire alerts. 21 December 2019.
NASAs Terra satellite captured this image of the fires and the smoke pouring off the edge of Australia and into the southern Pacific Ocean on Nov. The wildfires were fueled by. At least 25 people have been killed and more than 63000 square miles burned since the fires began in September 2019.
TOPSHOT - This photo taken on December 10 2019 shows a firefighter conducting back-burning measures to secure residential areas from encroaching bushfires. The smoke flames and burn scars can be seen clearly in the image shown here which was captured on 31 December 2019. However it was reported in mid-January that the main cause of the December 2019 fires in Tasmania was arson with a Tasmanian Fire Service spokesperson quoted as saying Approximately 21000 of the 35000 hectares burnt is a result of deliberately lit fires.
This overlay shows a 3D visualization of all the fires Australia has witnessed in this season with its map laid on top of the Google map of Europe thats how large Australias size actually is. Australian Bureau of Meteorology Burning Australia. Matthew AbbottThe Guardian The forecast for coming days is for more hot dry conditions.