Satellite Image Of Smoke From Washington Fires
Here s an eye opening satellite photo captured by nasa showing the wildfires and smoke dominating the landscape of the western united states.
Satellite image of smoke from washington fires. In satellite images taken by noaa on thursday and friday enormous amounts of smoke created by the fires can be seen extending and spiraling hundreds of miles out over the pacific ocean. An image from the goes satellite shows smoke covering most of western washington and parts of central washington on friday sept. 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. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.