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GOES-West - Sector view: Pacific Southwest - Fire Temperature

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Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 29 Nov 2023 - 0201 UTC
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Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 29 Nov 2023 - 0246 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 29 Nov 2023 - 0251 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 29 Nov 2023 - 0256 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 29 Nov 2023 - 0306 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 29 Nov 2023 - 0311 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 29 Nov 2023 - 0316 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 29 Nov 2023 - 0321 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 29 Nov 2023 - 0331 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 29 Nov 2023 - 0336 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 29 Nov 2023 - 0341 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 29 Nov 2023 - 0346 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 29 Nov 2023 - 0356 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
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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)