Satellite View Of California Fires Right Now

21 2020 shows the dense smoke now covering much of california.

Satellite view of california fires right now.

The golden state a region with long dry and sunny mediterranean. This map contains four different types of data. There are two major types of current fire information. The space agency s terra satellite on monday captured a view posted in a blog on nasa s website that showed a pall of wildfire smoke covering most of california.

A natural color image of the czu lightening complex fires near santa cruz california taken on aug. Pinkmatter s farearth global observer presents a live view of landsat imagery as it is downlinked by ground stations around the world. Interactive map showing acres burned and containment of fires including glass. Latest updates on san francisco bay area fires and wildfires burning across northern california and evacuation orders.

Watch the data live right now. View live satellite images for free. Zoom into recent high resolution maps of property. The fires locations are approximates.

Real time data is received decoded and displayed within seconds of the satellite imaging an area. Fire origins mark the fire fighter s best guess of where the fire started. The data is provided by calfire. 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.

Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data. 5 of 9 satellite image 2020. In the image shown below smoke.

The second and third largest fires in california history are now burning at the same time along with over 500 other fires. Track storms hurricanes and wildfires.