I Complex Æ Emergency Nineveh Governorate Imagery analysis: 18 July to 14 December, 2016 | Published 21 December, 2016 CE20140613IRQ

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¥¦¬ Collective Gavaroshke Havinka 37°0'0"N Kanika Khoshka SAUDI ARABIA Shkera Qurna DAHUK Bedil Upper Barwarya Mergasur Dulib Upper Grbish Karimava Sian Tatu Upper Gor Bacrosk Talkhashf Tusp Collective Galye Arab Bedur Khudedai Jalan Arabok Fires at the Al Qayyarah oil field, Sarimi Biuk Upper Jafirka Kuna Zewa Upper Nineveh Governorate, between Qaryat Mamrashan Hablasan

36°40'0"N Misqlat Sikhurkan 18 July and 14 December, 2016 Al Nafireya Ashkan Bamarze Drash Alia EÆ Khalan Khalifan Mawilyan 36°40'0"N This map illustrates satellite-detected fires Mchallach E Qassara Slaiha Khabat Kojar and smoke plumes at oil wells south of Æ EÆ Qaryat Kanona Jargazawi Mosul, and also east of Baiji, Iraq. The Mosul Barazif E Mirawa Balisan Mir Æ EÆ E E Sarukani fires began with an initial fire at one or two TALLAFAR Æ Æ Zyarat Muhammed wells on 8 May 2016, lasting less than one E Hay al MOSUL 36°20'0"N Æ day, and intermittently burned in June. The Mu'Tasim Qaryat Qara Hay Babil Mala Omar Tabba Arab 36°20'0"N current fire complex began on 3 July with EÆ EÆ Kani Qirjala daily fire detections occurring until about 12 Tal Huser Pira Kapran IRBIL Hawija al Baghamra Bestana July, when the fires greatly increased in Husaan Al Abbas Shahab Bana Qalat Shekhan Hamamok number and continued to burn to the present Khudair Al-Dargazliya Tandura Musaltin Shiwashok

at that scale. The fires east of Baiji have 36°0'0"N Qalam been active since early January 2016. The EÆ E E Marga 36°0'0"N Æ Æ EÆ EÆ Hasan Bag frequency of smoke plumes (in days) is Qashqa AL QAYYARAHKhabata Salahiya symbolized in shades of red and yellow, and E MekukE Ahijlah VillageÆ Æ MAKHMUR was calculated using daily MODIS satellite Kabarok Al Qayyarah oil field images collected between 18 July and 14 Aquwa EEn Shahab Dara Khurma (see insets for close-up) ShoraÆ Balka Gazok Sulayman Dawud Kurkah Darbasara December, 2016. Note that as the plume 35°40'0"N Ganus Yarimja Bakhshan Qaluwar dissipates then areas of thinner smoke are EÆ EÆ EÆ 35°40'0"N EÆ not detected in this process. The inset on the Lazaga Chimani Atshaba Ghaza Saqizli Shahidani Tal Mahus E E top right corner shows the thermal data from Village - Æ Æ Saru Hay al-Hujaj Hamdoniya Albu Sabah a Landsat image collected on 7 December, Juma Alyan Al Maratah EÆ Haj Zga'a Musanaa Olia Tobzawa KIRKUK indicating the Mosul fires in white. The inset Ezery Gharby Ibrahim Tobzawa Husain

35°20'0"N Kabarli Bag on the top left corner, from 6 December, Ara' Ira Hazim Qadseyah shows the same area in false color, al-Thania 35°20'0"N Sarai displaying the near infrared band in red. al-Fadel Additionally, precipitation data from NASA's Aliya Jamjur Qara Motiq Birun IMERG algorithm was included to evaluate Ta'an wa instances of rainfall intersecting the smoke Sabhat 35°0'0"N Rbedha plume. This is a preliminary analysis and has BAIJI al Melih 35°0'0"N not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR - UNOSAT. Legend Alas oil field Rain intersecting smoke plumes (mm)

E < 5 TIKRIT Hay Æ 34°40'0"N al-Dhubbat EÆ 34°40'0"N EÆ 5 - 10 Garin Al-Jezeera EÆ Al 'Bor EÆ 10 - 14 (Shishan) EÆ Jumaela Qaryat E Settlements 34°20'0"N Æ EÆ EÆ Albu

Jisman 34°20'0"N Most affected settlements EÆ Highway/primary road SAMARRA Al-Efraz Area Railway HayEÆ al Sha'Y River Smoke plume frequency (days) EÆ

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Low : 0 Al Faroq Qaryat Map Scale for A3: 1:1,250,000 al-Tetin Had Maksar I! Km 42°0'0"E 42°20'0"E 42°40'0"E 43°0'0"E 43°20'0"E 43°40'0"E 44°0'0"E 44°20'0"E 44°40'0"E 0 5 10 20 30 40 The depiction and use of boundaries, geographic names and related data Analysis conducted with ArcGIS v10.4.1 Satellite Data: MODIS Precipitation Data: IMERG Road Data : OpenStreetMap shown here are not warranted to be error-free nor do they imply official Imagery Dates: 18 July to 14 December, Dates: 18 July to 14 December, 2016 Other Data: USGS, UNCS, NASA, NGA endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. UNOSAT is a program of the Coordinate System: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 38N 2016 Resolution: 0.1° Analysis : UNITAR - UNOSAT United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), providing satellite Projection: Transverse Mercator Resolution: 250 m Copyright: NASA Production: UNITAR - UNOSAT imagery and related geographic information, research and analysis to UN Datum: WGS 1984 Copyright: NASA Source: NASA humanitarian & development agencies & their implementing partners. This work Units: Meter Source: NASA by UNITAR-UNOSAT is licensed under a CC BY-NC 3.0

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