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Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 1956 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 1956 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2001 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2001 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2006 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2006 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2011 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2011 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2016 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2016 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2021 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2021 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2026 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2026 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2031 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2031 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2036 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2036 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2041 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2041 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2046 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2046 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2051 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2051 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2056 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2056 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2101 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2101 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2106 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2106 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2111 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2111 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2116 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2116 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2121 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2121 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2126 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2126 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2131 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2131 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2136 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2136 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2141 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2141 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2146 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2146 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2151 UTC
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 26 Apr 2025 - 2151 UTC
legend for Fire Temperature RBG

Fire Temperature key:

1 - Warm fire
2 - Very warm fire
3 - Hot fire
4 - Very hot fire
5 - Burn scars
6 - Clear sky: land
7 - Clear sky: water/snow/night
8 - Water clouds
9 - Ice clouds


Fire Temperature RGB allows the user to identify where the most intense fires are occurring and differentiate these from "cooler" fires. The RGB takes advantage of the fact that from 3.9µm to shorter wavelengths, background solar radiation and surface reflectance increases. This means that fires need to be more intense in order to be detected by the 2.2 and 1.6µm bands, as more intense fires emit more radiation at these wavelengths. Therefore, small/"cool" fires will only show up at 3.9µm and appear red while increases in fire intensity cause greater contributions of the other channels resulting in white very intense fires.

• For more details, see the Fire Temperature RGB Quick Guide, (PDF, 1.2 MB)