Topic 3F - Mapping The Extent of Forest Fires

Sentinel-1 based wildfire progression maps in the Elephent Hill, British Columbia, Canada, in 2017 (Convolutional Neural Network in transparent red) overlaid on the Sentinel-2 MSI false color composites

Yifang Ban, et al., 2020

This image shows a smoke plume from a fire in Kinata, Greece in July 2018, taken by Sentinel-2

ESA/ESRIN

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of Borneo on September 15, 2019. Smoke hovered over the islands and triggered air quality alerts and health warnings in the region.

NASA

Multiple fires are ongoing in southwestern Siberia after the Heatwave that affected central Russia in late May 2021. Sentinel- 2 image showing a the wildfire active in the region of Novosibirsk

EU Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery

Fires burning in several oil palm areas in southern Borneo in September 2019

NASA Earth Observatory

Wildfire smoke spreading across the US and Canada, August 4, 2017

NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response