Satellite Image Smoke Across Us

On september 7 2020 noaa nasa s suomi npp satellite provided two different views of how fires are affecting the u s.

Satellite image smoke across us.

A true color image of the united states appears on the top image. The visible infrared imaging radiometer suite viirs on the suomi npp satellite acquired this image top on august 15 2018. See current wildfires and wildfire perimeters on the fire weather avalanche center wildfire map. Smoke plume locations are based on information from the noaa hazard mapping system based on polygons drawn around smoke detected in satellite imagery.

Dramatic satellite images show the. A nasa satellite view shows just how severe it is. Obscuring the surface is a blanket of smoke from california to arkansas with a haze present over the east coast as. Smoke is seen hovering over much of western north america and central canada.

Nasa helps develop and launch the goes series of satellites. Wildfires across california oregon and washington have killed at least 35 people scorched over 4 million acres and sent thick smoke and ash into the skies. By a satellite photo taken saturday shows a pall of smoke from wildfires ravaging the west coast stretching across the united states as far as michigan. That s a distance of nearly 2 000 miles.

In the morning of august 20 2020 in california the geostationary operational environmental satellite 17 captured a natural color image of the smoke above. 22 2020 captured a view that showed a pall of wildfire smoke covering most of. Conus full disk northern rockies upper mississippi valley great lakes northeast southern rockies southern plains southern mississippi valley southeast u s. East coast canada northern atlantic ocean caribbean gulf of mexico puerto rico tropical atlantic ocean eastern pacific ocean mexico central america south america north south america south.

In general this represents the presence of smoke in the overall column of air at those locations. Nasa satellite images show impact of california wildfire smoke across us nasa s terra satellite on monday aug. Huge stretches of the us are filled with smoke primarily from western wildfires. The suomi npp satellite is run by nasa and the national oceanic.

Goes 17 is operated by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa.