Fig. 1. Fire events detected by the MODIS contextual algorithm and the improved algorithm on September 29, 2003. Fire spots were marked in red with the background of MODIS 1 km true color images. Fire spots in Panels (a) and (c) were detected by the improved algorithm, and fire spots in Panels (b) and (d) were identified by the MODIS contextual algorithm. Panels (a) and (b) were observed at 17:15 GMT by MODIS/Terra, and Panels (c) and (d) were observed by MODIS/ Aqua at 18:50 GMT.
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