In Southeast Asia, fires (red dots) continue to spread across a wider area of Thailand (left), Cambodia (center), and Vietnam (right). This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite was acquired January 22, 2003.
Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
The intense biomass burning in Southeast Asia, ongoing for the last several months, has released high levels of carbon monoxide into the atmosphere over the region, as measured by the Terra MOPITT sensor from April 3-13, 2003.
alert message
