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The 2023 Canadian fire season is like no-other in the satellite record (2000-pres). Here are the accumulated fire-radiative power (FRP) curves, with 2023 (magenta) in a league of its own. Note that smoke production is proportional to FRP. (data= MODIS, results= prelim) #pyrocene 
For reference here is a similar analysis for Western US, note the exceptional 2020 and 2021 fire years. The labor day 2020 fire outbreak was really something else. Note that these plots are not fire area, but the combined effect of area and intensity. @ggweather
1/n: What is "Fire-Radiative Power"? Its a measure of the rate (Joules/second) at which fires emit radiant energy in the form of thermal (infrared) radiation. This is much like what you feel from a wood stove: add logs the radiant heat goes up.
