California Fire Smoke Satellite Image 2020

19 2020 as seen by the copernicus sentinel 3 satellite.

California fire smoke satellite image 2020.

These landscapes exist within a changing fire. 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 the north a mid latitude cyclone spins over the gulf of alaska while hurricane genevieve continues its path toward baja california. Satellite image 2020 maxar tech.

19 2020 noaa s goes west satellite captured the above geocolor image loop of massive wildfire smoke plumes billowing from california and areas of the rocky mountains. More coverage your questions about air quality answered. Nasa s terra satellite was able to capture the huge swath of smoke that has been generated by the california wildfires and dispersed by the winds surrounding those fires on august 20 2020. As the southwestern united states endures a record heat wave the.

Nasa helps develop and launch the goes series of satellites. The nasa worldview website has an application that can measure distances within the app and measuring this smoke trail showed the trail s northeast to southwest trail is approximately 1 214 miles long. Satellite image 2020 maxar technologies the czu lightning complex wildfire burns in the santa cruz mountains near santa cruz california on aug. The 2020 california fire season has become the state s biggest year for wildfires surpassing 2018 when more than 1 8 million acres burned.

In the morning of august 20 2020 in california the geostationary operational environmental satellite 17 captured a natural color image of the smoke above. Copernicus sentinel 2020 processed by esa cc by sa 3 0 igo. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data. 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.

A huge new fire in california that has prompted the evacuation of more than 7 000 people can be seen in satellite images with smoke from the blaze visible from space. Goes 17 is operated by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa.