A natural color image of the czu lightening complex fires near santa cruz california taken on aug.
Live satellite view of california wildfires.
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22 2020 captured a view that showed a pall of wildfire smoke covering most of california.
These fires already amplified by a warming.
Pinkmatter s farearth global observer presents a live view of landsat imagery as it is downlinked by ground stations around the world.
New satellite images show the smoke from wildfires that s drifted 600 miles into the pacific ocean and made california s air quality plummet to very unhealthy and hazardous levels.
To view the most complete information about a specific potential fire select all satellite data available.
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.
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.
There are two major types of current fire information.
Each satellite has unique detection and data refresh capabilities.
Nasa s terra satellite on monday aug.
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Real time data is received decoded and displayed within seconds of the satellite imaging an area.
Using the map below you can view potential fire detection data provided by these six satellites as they monitor the state of california from space.
Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information.
5 of 9 satellite image 2020.
Fire perimeter and hot spot data.
For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.
19 a surge in carbon emissions from california was the highest in the 18 year satellite record of reliable wildfire emissions monitoring.