ESA - Observing the Earth - European hot spots and fires identified from space

About Observing the Earth

How does Earth Observation work?How to get Earth Observation data Integrating Earth Observation in your job Earth Observation users speak

EO programmes

The Living Planet GMES

ESA's Earth Observing missions

Envisat overview ERS overview Earth Explorers overview Sentinels overview MSG overview MetOp overview Proba-1 overview Third Party Missions overview

Opportunities with us

Education & training International cooperation Milestones & announcements EO conferences organised by ESA

Multimedia

Image Gallery Video Gallery Online resources RSS feeds

Services

Calendar Subscribe

Article Images

European hot spots and fires identified from space

27 August 2007

Back to article

Download:

HI-RES JPEG (Size: 205 kb)

Hot spots across Southeastern Europe from 21 to 26 August 2007 have been detected with instruments aboard ESA satellites, which have been continuously surveying fires burning across the Earth’s surface for a decade. Working like thermometers in the sky, the Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) on ESA’s ERS-2 satellite and the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) on ESA’s Envisat satellite measure thermal infrared radiation to take the temperature of Earth's land surfaces.

Credits: ESA

Back to article

Download:

HI-RES JPEG (Size: 1253kb)

HI-RES TIFF (Size: 35 509 kb)

Haze of the smoke over Greece, covering in particular the area of Olympia. The image was acquired on 27 August 2007 by Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) optical instrument, while working in Full Resolution mode to provide a spatial resolution of 300 metres.

Credits: ESA

Back to article

Download:

HI-RES JPEG (Size: 1811 kb)

HI-RES TIFF (Size: 33 278 kb)

On 24 August 2007 Envisat captures billowing smoke from fires raging across Greece's southern Peloponnese peninsula, where fires have claimed the lives of at least 60 people since they began.

Credits: ESA

Back to article

Download:

HI-RES JPEG (Size: 624 kb)

HI-RES TIFF (Size: 3476 kb)

Fires starting in Greece on 23 August 2007. The image was acquired by Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) optical instrument, while working in Full Resolution mode to provide a spatial resolution of 300 metres.

Credits: ESA