{"id":29105,"date":"2018-07-24T00:59:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T00:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=29105"},"modified":"2018-07-25T23:23:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T23:23:40","slug":"wildfires-in-greece-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/29105","title":{"rendered":"Wildfires in Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/180724_0005utc_suomi_npp_viirs_Athens_Greece_fires_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/180724_0005utc_suomi_npp_viirs_Athens_Greece_fires_anim.gif\" alt=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS Shortwave Infrared (3.75 \u00b5m), Near-Infrared (1.61 and 2.25 \u00b5m) and Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) images [click to enlarge]\" width=\"640\" height=\"443\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suomi NPP VIIRS Shortwave Infrared <em>(3.75 \u00b5m)<\/em>, Near-Infrared <em>(1.61 and 2.25 \u00b5m)<\/em> and Day\/Night Band <em>(0.7 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>Suomi NPP VIIRS Shortwave Infrared (3.75 \u00b5m), Near-Infrared (1.61 and 2.25 \u00b5m) and Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) images<em><strong> (above)<\/strong><\/em> 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.<\/p>\n<p>Similar images from an overpass of the NOAA-20 satellite 50 minutes later are shown below.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 649px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/180724_0055utc_noaa20_viirs_Athens_Greece_fires_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/180724_0055utc_noaa20_viirs_Athens_Greece_fires_anim.gif\" alt=\"NOAA-20 Shortwave Infrared (3.75 \u00b5m), Near-Infrared (1.61 and 2.25 \u00b5m) and Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) images [click to enlarge]\" width=\"639\" height=\"442\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA-20 Shortwave Infrared <em>(3.75 \u00b5m)<\/em>, Near-Infrared <em>(1.61 and 2.25 \u00b5m)<\/em> and Day\/Night Band <em>(0.7 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>Over 70 deaths have resulted from these fast-moving wildfires, which were driven by strong winds <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 649px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/180723_LGAV_SFCMG.GIF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/180723_LGAV_SFCMG.GIF\" alt=\"Time series of surface observations at Athens, Greece [click to enlarge]\" width=\"639\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time series of surface observations at Athens, Greece [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>VIIRS images courtesy of William Straka, CIMSS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suomi NPP VIIRS Shortwave Infrared (3.75 \u00b5m), Near-Infrared (1.61 and 2.25 \u00b5m) and Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) 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. 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