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Monitoring Fires with GOES-8 at Northerly Latitudes (Canada, 1995)
GOES-8 Multispectral Fire Detection in Canada
On 21 June 1995 numerous fires in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario
were detected in the GOES-8 3.9 micron band. This 4-panel composite
shows the fires as observed in the visible, 3.9 (or 4) micron, 10.7 (or
11) micron, and 3.9-10.7 (or 4-11) difference product at 2345 UTC.
It is interesting to note that many of these fires were detected north
of 50 degrees latitude and under widespread cloud cover.
The biomass burning products displayed
on this web site were developed and produced with funding from the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA: NAGW-3804, NAG5-4751) and the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA: NA67EC0100).
NOTICE: To maintain the integrity of the data, use of this data for
publications, posters, or talks requires an offer of authorship to the
UW-Madison CIMSS GOES Biomass Burning Monitoring Program. Please send
authorship requests to Elaine.Prins@ssec.wisc.edu.
Contact: elaine.prins@ssec.wisc.edu
joleen.feltz@ssec.wisc.edu
chris.schmidt@ssec.wisc.edu
2001 June 11
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