Satellite Fire Map Canada
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 fire map canada. 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. Zoom earth shows live weather satellite images updated in near real time and the best high resolution aerial views of the earth in a fast zoomable map. Stay tuned for updates on the future restoration of aqua modis imagery from this website. For example the system uses satellite detections to locate fires.
Active fire mapping news august 25 2020. The fire is moving north and west burning in 100 year old fuels consisting of big cone douglas fir oak and gray. Fire data is available for download or can be viewed through a map interface. Due to temporary interruption in the near real time data stream from nasa for aqua modis observations aqua modis imagery and subsets are temporarily unavailable from the active fire mapping program website.
This bluesky canada smoke forecast is considered experimental because it is produced by a system that is an ongoing research project and subject to uncertainties in weather forecasts smoke dispersion and fire emissions. How to use this map. Get the latest updates on nasa missions watch nasa tv live and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. Geospatial technology and applications center 125 south state street suite 7105 salt lake city ut 84138 voice.
When the map is in focus use the arrow keys to pan the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom. The lake fire started in the angeles national forest near lake hughes. 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.