GOES-East fire detection products in RealEarth allow users to assess burning areas across the Continental United States. In the example below, burning appears to be occurring in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. These fire detections in southern Louisiana are picked up by the GOES scene fire detection and by the GOES fire temperature RGB (purple reddish area). This scene is associated with a fire radiative power (FRP) of 49.6. When adding HRRR smoke model output to the display, users can see that some near-surface smoke may be occurring nearby. However, the HRRR smoke is likely coming from a different location. The GOES scene fire detection is picking up many fires throughout the surrounding area.

Farther north in the state, in Caldwell Parish, the GOES algorithm picks up a fire scene with an even higher fire radiative powers (FRP up to 405.11). When observing with the GOES fire temperature RGB, this scene is even more apparent than the example in Lafayette Parish. However, the HRRR model output does not place any near-surface smoke there. This may be due to the model not receiving the latest satellite data input. (Note that the latest HRRR timestamp is at 1700Z while the GOES products are from 1731Z).

Users can recreate these scenes in RealEarth.

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