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Wildfires in Greece

By Scott Bachmeier •

Suomi NPP VIIRS Shortwave Infrared (3.75 µm), Near-Infrared (1.61 and 2.25 µm) and Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) images [click to enlarge]

Suomi NPP VIIRS Shortwave Infrared (3.75 µm), Near-Infrared (1.61 and 2.25 µm) and Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) images [click to enlarge]

Suomi NPP VIIRS Shortwave Infrared (3.75 µm), Near-Infrared (1.61 and 2.25 µm) and Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) images (above) showed thermal signatures and the bright glow of wildfires in the Athens, Greece area at 0005 UTC or 3:05 am local time on 24 July 2018. The 2 largest fires were burning in the vicinity of Kineta and Mati.

Similar images from an overpass of the NOAA-20 satellite 50 minutes later are shown below.

NOAA-20 Shortwave Infrared (3.75 µm), Near-Infrared (1.61 and 2.25 µm) and Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) images [click to enlarge]

NOAA-20 Shortwave Infrared (3.75 µm), Near-Infrared (1.61 and 2.25 µm) and Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) images [click to enlarge]

Over 70 deaths have resulted from these fast-moving wildfires, which were driven by strong winds (below).

Time series of surface observations at Athens, Greece [click to enlarge]

Time series of surface observations at Athens, Greece [click to enlarge]

VIIRS images courtesy of William Straka, CIMSS.

Categories: Fire detection, NOAA-20, Suomi NPP, VIIRS