The recent satellite and aerial imagery below show california blanketed in dense smoke as flames ignite mountain chaparral and desert regions.
Satellite view of smoke in california today.
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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.
Valleyfire in san diego county.
Fire perimeter and hot spot data.
The california smoke blog is a voluntary effort by city county state tribal and or federal agencies to coordinate and aggregate information for california communities affected by wildfire smoke.
Smoke from the bobcat and el dorado fires burning in southern california continues to blanket the region prompting the south coast air quality management district to issue its 10th straight day.
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The noaa also shared thursday s view of.
By wednesday the national oceanic and atmospheric administration s goes west satellite was also able to pick up the smoke plume from the easy fire erupting in southern california driven by.
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.
These landscapes exist within a changing fire.
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Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information.
Eldoradofire in san bernardino county.
Several new fire in california today.
For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.
They show the smoke drifting from oregon heading south into california and through the san francisco bay area over a two day period starting on sept.
The creekfire in fresno county.
Lots of smoke seen on satellite.