Today Smoke Today Satellite View Of California Fires

21 2020 shows the dense smoke now covering much of california.
Today smoke today satellite view of california fires. Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information. This nasa earth observatory photo shows on aug. Active fires on federal lands. Several large wildfires were burning in the state at the time the largest of which was the scu lightning complex which was estimated to have spread to 85 000 acres on august 19.
Inciweb active fires in california. 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. A natural color image of the czu lightening complex fires near santa cruz california taken on aug. And is just a.
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. Fire perimeter and hot spot data. 5 of 9 satellite image 2020. This is from today.
There are two major types of current fire information. 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 following resources provide information on active fires including wildfire acreage date of origin percentage of fire contained and related health and smoke advisories. Cal fire current fires in california.
Cal fire reported almost 11 000 lightning strikes had occurred across the state the few days. Recent satellite and aerial imagery reveal california blanketed in dense smoke as fires ignite mountains chaparral and desert regions. The noaa also shared thursday s view of. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.
19 2020 wildfires moving across northern california with enormous smoke plumes smothering cities and towns in the san joaquin valley and san.