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Forest Fire Hotspots, 2001 - 2009

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A hotspot is a mark on an infrared satellite image indicating a heat source typical of burning vegetation. A ...

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Abstract

A hotspot is a mark on an infrared satellite image indicating a heat source typical of burning vegetation. A hotspot may represent one fire or be one of several hotspots representing a larger fire. Hotspots are located and mapped as part of the Fire Monitoring, Mapping and Modeling System (Fire M3), which is a component of a national fire information system that identifies, monitors and maps large forest fires using the hotspots. It provides an overview of forest fire activity in Canada on a daily basis. This map shows all the hotspots that were detected in forest fire seasons since 2001.

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