California Wildfires Satellite View

They show the smoke drifting from oregon heading south into california and through the san francisco bay area over a two day period starting on sept.

California wildfires satellite view.

View live satellite images for free. These fires already amplified by a warming. Track storms hurricanes and wildfires. In the image shown below.

Zoom into recent high resolution maps of property. The fire and smoke map shows fine particulate 2 5 micron pm 2 5 pollution data obtained from air quality monitors and sensors information is shown on both the epa s air quality index scale using the nowcast aqi algorithm and also as hourly pm 2 5 concentration values. Satellite views of california as wildfires rage. Get the latest updates on nasa missions watch nasa tv live and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.

For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data. The space agency s terra satellite on monday captured a view posted in a blog on nasa s website that showed a pall of wildfire smoke covering most of california. More than 1 million acres of california have already burned as fire season only just begins. Nasa gov brings you the latest images videos and news from america s space agency.

This map contains live feed sources for us current wildfire locations and perimeters viirs and modis hot spots wildfire conditions red flag warnings and wildfire potential each of these layers provides insight into where a fire is located its intensity and the surrounding areas susceptibility to wildfire. A close up view of the river fire burning south. New satellite images show the smoke from wildfires that s drifted 600 miles into the pacific ocean and made california s air quality plummet to very unhealthy and hazardous levels.