Satellite Image Smoke Western Us

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Satellite image smoke western us.

To the north a mid latitude cyclone spins over the gulf of alaska while hurricane genevieve continues its path toward baja california. One image tweeted by the national weather service weather prediction center shows a massive swath of smoke moving across the united states here is a visible satellite image valid at 2pm pdt. As the southwestern united states endures a record heat wave the. The smoke wafting from the wildfires raging across the western united states is a wrenching sight even from nearly a million miles away.

For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data. New satellite images show the scale of the wildfires ravaging the western united states with smoke clouds reaching as far as michigan 2 000 miles from the pacific coast. Hms fire and smoke data products are marked with the time stamp representing the corresponding satellite image acquisition observation time in universal time coordinated utc and date using the julian day calendar 0 365 day of year for regular years 0 366 for leap years. In the morning of august 20 2020 in california the geostationary operational environmental satellite 17 goes 17 captured a natural color image of the smoke above.

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. Smoke has spread across large swaths of the western united states and the pacific ocean. We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good. While derived from operational satellites the data products and imagery available on this website are intended for informational purposes only.

West coast alaska central alaska southeastern alaska northern pacific ocean hawaii tropical pacific ocean southern pacific ocean. 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. Satellite images recently shared by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa show massive amounts of smoke engulfing the western coast of the united states and extending hundreds. Nasa s earth polychromatic imaging camera epic captured.

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