SPOT Satellite Images of Forest/Plantation Fires and Smoke Haze over Southeast Asia

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Fires and Smoke Haze Near Jambi, Sumatra Location map shows southern part of Sumatra, Indonesia. The yellow box indicate the position of the image. Click on the images for enlarged views.

	28 September 1995 Tembesi River flows from the middle of the top edge of the image to the lower left corner. Through the puffs of cumulus clouds, we can see that the large area to the east of the river is covered with healthy vegetation (which shows up in red). The image shown covers about 20km by 15km. Image size : 450 X 315 pixels (24K) Enlarged view : 94K
	10 July 1997 A large plantation has been developed to the east of the river. The regular rectangular grids are probably irrigation channels. The smoke plumes suggest that land is being cleared by burning. Image size : 450 X 315 pixels (13K) Enlarged view : 75K
	20 August 1997 The burnt area and irrigation channels have extended eastward. The area is now covered by a layer of rather thick haze. Image size : 450 X 315 pixels (9K) Enlarged view : 38K

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All images are acquired by the SPOT satellites. Copyright of images belongs to CNES. Images are acquired and processed by the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing, National University of Singapore.

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