Smoke Satellite Imagery Bc

A satellite image shows the smoke from fires in british columbia drifting across alberta and saskatchewan on aug.

Smoke satellite imagery bc. 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 smoke which is coming from wildfires burning in the western united states has prompted air quality advisories in many areas. 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. Noaa nasa s suomi npp satellite captured images of smoke.

The smoke has slowly spread across southwestern b c the images show. This bluesky canada smoke forecast is considered experimental because it is produced by a system that is an ongoing research project and subject to uncertainties in weather forecasts smoke dispersion and fire emissions. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data. This image comes from friday.

Smoke from historic west coast wildfires is so vast and thick that it traveled more than 1 000 miles into the swirl of a pacific storm. New imagery of saturday s skies will be available on sunday. One image tweeted by the national weather service weather prediction center shows a massive swath of smoke moving across the united states here is a visible satellite image valid at 2pm pdt. This fulldisk geocolor view from noaa s goes17 covers the globe from western australia to eastern north america from 22 300.

Satellite imagery from nasa shows how the smoke is flowing up the pacific coast and impacting b c s valleys. 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. For example the system uses satellite detections to locate fires.