This geocolor view shows the smoke blowing well away for the.
Satellite view of california fire smoke.
20 2020 top and the same area seen by high.
This combination of satellite images shows the lnu lightning complex wildfire burning to the west of healdsburg in sonoma county california on aug.
West another satellite image shows conditions just a day earlier.
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.
Here is a visible satellite image valid at 2pm pdt showing the vast extent of the wildfire smoke.
Each satellite has unique detection and data refresh capabilities.
For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.
These landscapes exist within a changing fire.
Smoke has spread across large swaths of the western united states and the pacific ocean.
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.
In the morning of august 20 2020 in california the geostationary operational environmental satellite 17 captured a natural color image of the smoke above.
The area in the orange contour is smoke in the mid upper levels of the atmosphere that has reached.
The kincade fire which erupted wednesday near geyserville has.
A satellite view of the kincade fire on thursday already shows an enormous plume of smoke over the sonoma county california blaze.
Goes 17 is operated by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa.
To view the most complete information about a specific potential fire select all satellite data available.
The recent satellite and aerial imagery below show california blanketed in dense smoke as flames ignite mountain chaparral and desert regions.