In October 2023, around 15,512 fire spots (or pixels) were detected by the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite during nighttime around the globe, marking it as the most fire active October since the launch of the European Space Agency observation satellite in 2016. July and August 2021 have been the months with the most fire activity, with over 23,000 nighttime fire pixels observed each month. The Summer of 2021 was hit hard by major wildfires in Turkey, Greece, Italy, the U.S., Russia, and Algeria.
Monthly Sentinel-3A nighttime fires worldwide from May 2016 to October 2023
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ESA. (November 15, 2023). Monthly Sentinel-3A nighttime fires worldwide from May 2016 to October 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423690/monthly-number-of-nighttime-fires-worldwide/
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