Jones Road Wildfire in eastern New Jersey: detection using FDCA vs NGFS

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible images with an overlay of the Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm (FDCA) Fire Mask derived product (above) displayed the rapid growth and movement of the Jones Road Wildfire in eastern New Jersey on 22 April 2025. The initial GOES-19 FDCA fire detection occurred at 1616 UTC. In addition, the maximum... Read More