The MODIS findings may allow scientists to combine news that a fire exists with data about the fuels around the fire, the terrain across which it is burning and what the weather will do.

• 由MODIS的发现，科学家将可能把火灾发生的消息，与火场附近的可燃物质、燃烧现场的地形以及气候的可能影响等资料结合起来。