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Reviewing 18 years of #Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service GFAS #opendata for SE Australia shows January 2020 total #bushfire emissions to be highest since 2003 with record activity from #NSWbushfires #victoriabushfires & #CanberraFires. atmosphere.copernicus.eu 
@CopernicusECMWF @ECMWF @CopernicusEU @CopernicusEMS @CopernicusLand @NASAEarth @BOM_au @bnhcrc @KCLwildfire_EO @Pierre_Markuse Daily total fire radiative power for Australia, NSW & ACT from 1 Jan to 1 Feb 2020 shows significant recent increase in #NSWfires & #CanberraFires activity above 2003-2019 average (or '03 fires for ACT) #Copernicus #AustralianFires
@CopernicusECMWF @ECMWF @CopernicusEU @CopernicusEMS @CopernicusLand @NASAEarth @BOM_au @bnhcrc @KCLwildfire_EO @Pierre_Markuse Latest analyses from #Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/cams/ show extent of increased #NSWfires #CanberraFires activity & transport of aerosol/carbon monoxide across Tasman Sea to South Pacific Ocean
Some deets on the cause of #CanberraFires. An army troop transport helicopter like this one, an MHR90, used a strong landing light during a reconnaisance mission.
The light was necessary to help it land safely in the smoky conditions. But it created enough heat to ignore the grass underneath it.
Lieutenant-General Greg Bilton says the fire started radpily under the helicopter, which was damaged, but was able to take off and return to RAAF Fairbairn.
