Air quality pm 2 5 information from official monitors is shown as circles air quality pm 2 5 information from temporary monitors placed by agencies during smoke events is show as triangles air quality pm 2 5 information from low cost sensors is shown as squares large fire incidents as fire icons satellite fire detections as small glowing points and smoke plume.
Satellite map of california wildfires.
How to use this map.
Fire data is available for download or can be viewed through a map interface.
California is experiencing some of the worst wildfires it has ever faced and nasa satellite images have revealed the extent of the blaze.
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The space agency s terra satellite has been monitoring.
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.
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This map contains live feed sources for us current wildfire locations and perimeters viirs and modis hot spots wildfire conditions red flag warnings and wildfire potential each of these layers provides insight into where a fire is located its intensity and the surrounding areas susceptibility to wildfire.
This map contains four different types of data.
This combination of satellite images shows the lnu lightning complex wildfire burning to the west of healdsburg in sonoma county california on aug.
Hot spot data uses satellite detection to identify areas of high temperature.
Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information.
The data is provided by calfire.
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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.
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.