Satellite Map Of California Fire

A huge new fire in california that has prompted the evacuation of more than 7 000 people can be seen in satellite images with smoke from the blaze visible from space.

Satellite map of california fire.

Get breaking news and live updates including on. Air quality pm 2 5 information from official monitors is shown as circles air quality pm 2 5 information from temporary monitors placed by agencies during smoke events is show as triangles air quality pm 2 5 information from low cost sensors is shown as squares large fire incidents as fire icons satellite fire detections as small glowing points and smoke plume. There are six fire detection satellite platforms used for our map. The glass fire started at.

Satellite imagery taken by noaa also shows the smoke being pulled from california and into the pacific. The data they provide is for california only. Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information. Fire data is available for download or can be viewed through a map interface.

This map contains four different types of data. How to use this map. Smoke from the wildfires in. Goes 16 goes 17 modis and viiirs.

An interactive map of wildfires burning across the bay area and california including the glass fire in napa and shady fire in santa rosa. Hot spot data uses satellite detection to identify areas of high temperature. These data are used to make highly accurate perimeter maps for firefighters and other emergency personnel but are generally updated only once every 12 hours. 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.

Nasa lance fire information for resource management system provides near real time active fire data from modis and viirs to meet the needs of firefighters scientists and users interested in monitoring fires. The data is provided by calfire.