Eastern Mongolia (before fire, false color)

This false-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image shows no sign of the extensive burn scar that covers Eastern Mongolia in later images. The light blue cloud that covers a portion of the area south of the lake, Buyr Nuur, is probably a cloud, not smoke since MODIS did not detect a fire in the area. Light green indicates the presence of vegetation where the burn scar appears in images taken on October 23, 2003. The soil is pink and water is dark blue.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published October 23, 2003
Data acquired October 18 - 18, 2003

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topics:

Agriculture > Forest Science > Forest Fire Science

Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Fire Characteristics

Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Fire Occurrence

Biosphere > Vegetation > Reclamation/Revegetation/Restoration

Biosphere > Vegetation > Vegetation Cover

Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires

Collection:

MODIS Rapid Response