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Number of pixels affected by fires according to data from the World Fire Atlas worldwide between May 2016 and July 2023.
The dashboard uses night-time data from the Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR) on board the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite. Working like a thermometer in the sky, the sensor measures thermal infrared radiation to take the temperature of Earth's land surfaces which is used to detect the fires.
Read full story: Counting wildfires across the globe