Satellite View Of Smoke Across Us

The nasa noaa suomi npp satellite caught sight of this massive blanket of wildfire smoke across the us on sept.

Satellite view of smoke across us.

In mid august 2018 deadly blazes across the western united states and canada continued to destroy structures and disrupt the lives of millions of people. Goes 17 is operated by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa. Nifc fire says there are 102 large. That s a distance of nearly 2 000 miles.

Coverage area depictions are approximate. These images show just how far across north america winds have carried the thick plumes of smoke. Interactive real time wildfire map for the united states including california oregon washington idaho arizona and others. Nasa satellite images show impact of california wildfire smoke across us nasa s terra satellite on monday aug.

Noaa nasa here in new mexico i can usually stand in my front yard and see the. Active storms ts gamma hu marie goes west pacus full disk pacific northwest pacific southwest u s. West coast alaska central alaska southeastern alaska northern pacific ocean hawaii tropical pacific ocean southern pacific ocean. This fulldiskfriday the goeswest satellite is continuing to watch the sobering amount of smoke from wildfires spreading across the westcoast of the u s.

For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data. Smoke has spread across large swaths of the western united states and the pacific ocean. 22 2020 captured a view that showed a pall of wildfire smoke covering most of. More than 650 wildfires are blazing in california after unprecedented lightning strikes storms and a heatwave that has set new records in the state and nasa s terra satellite captured the smoke engulfed state on aug.

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. But you did not have to be close to the fires to witness its effects. In the morning of august 20 2020 in california the geostationary operational environmental satellite 17 captured a natural color image of the smoke above.