Satellite Image Of Smoke Over California 2020

Natural color image of the thick smoke coming from the california wildfires taken by nasa terra satellite on aug.

Satellite image of smoke over california 2020. That is more than quadruple the number of acres burned in 2019 per cal fire. San francisco kgo we are getting a new perspective of the wildfires raging around the region and the visible impact to the bay area. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data. A screenshot from noaa nasa s suomi npp satellite showing.

Explore recent images of storms wildfires property and more. Previously known as flash earth. In the year 2020 california has already seen 5 762 incidents affecting 204 481 acres 319 sq. A stunning 3 1 million acres have burned this year in california noaa nasa s suomi npp satellite captured these series of images made into an animated gif showing the winds changing.

The video below shows a satellite image loop revealing the rapid expansion of several large new fires that broke out across california over the weekend including the creek fire in fresno county. 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. The below image shows where different fires are burning in northern california as well as tracking the movement of smoke from the fires. Likewise in the aftermath of the fires our researchers will use orbital and aerial data of the burn areas to help mitigate hazards such as landslides and mudslides the modis instrument on.

Copious clouds of smoke spill off the california coast and travel almost 600 miles in nasa s terra satellite image from august 19 2020.