Greece Sees Its Most Intense Wildfire Emissions For July On Record
Data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service’s Global Fire Assimilation System show that the wildfire emissions for Greece overall increased quickly on 17 July, with a Total Fire Radiative Power very high compared to the average of the previous 20 years .
As a result, the CAMS GFAS data show the highest wildfire carbon emissions in July recorded for Greece, by a very large margin, with over 1 megatonne of carbon emitted until 25 July.“Unfortunately, it is not all that surprising, given the extreme conditions in the region. The observed intensity and estimated emissions show how unusual the scale of the fires have been for July relative to the last 20 years of data that we have from our Global Fire Assimilation System.
The Copernicus programme Sentinel satellites have captured images showing the extent and intensity of the Greek wildfires. This Sentinel-2 satellite image shared by the EU Commission’s Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space DEFIS communications team shows the large scar of the wildfire in Attica on 19 July.
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