File:Fires in the southern United States (MODIS 2016-12-17).jpg
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English: Dozens of fires were scattered across the southern United States in early December 2016. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured a true-color image of the region on December 10.
Red hot spots mark areas where the thermal bands on the instrument detected temperatures higher than background. When combined with typical smoke plumes, as in this image, such hot spots indicated actively burning fire. Fires cluster in southern Louisiana, especially in the southern Mississippi River Valley and also near the Atchafalaya River. Additional hotspots are seen in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Smoke plumes can be seen rising from many of the hot spots and the entire region appears to be covered with a thin gray pall. According to the U.S. Air Quality “Smog Blog”, some particulate matter was seen over the southeastern United States on December 9 and these slightly elevated levels of aerosol concentration are due to the fires seen in this area. |
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Date | Taken on 10 December 2016 | ||
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Author | Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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