Live Satellite View Of California Fires

There are two major types of current fire information.

Live satellite view of california fires.

The kincade fire is the largest of several blazes that were ignited amid a string of strong california windstorms leading this week to the third major fire weather event in barely 10 days. 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. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data. Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information.

To view the most complete information about a specific potential fire select all satellite data available. Zoom into recent high resolution maps of property. A natural color image of the czu lightening complex fires near santa cruz california taken on aug. 21 2020 shows the dense smoke now covering much of california.

View live satellite images for free. Fire perimeter and hot spot data. Users can subscribe to email alerts bases on their area. 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.

Each satellite has unique detection and data refresh capabilities. Fire data is available for download or can be viewed through a map interface. 19 a surge in carbon emissions from california was the highest in the 18 year satellite record of reliable wildfire emissions monitoring. 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. Nasa lance fire information for resource management system provides near real time active fire data from modis and viirs to meet the needs of firefighters scientists and users interested in monitoring fires. 5 of 9 satellite image 2020. Track storms hurricanes and wildfires.