Satellite Image Bc Wildfire Smoke
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.
Satellite image bc wildfire smoke. A satellite image shows the smoke from fires in british columbia drifting across alberta and saskatchewan on aug. New imagery of saturday s skies will be available on sunday. The smoke which is coming from wildfires burning in the western united states has prompted air quality advisories in many areas. September 14 2020 9 05 am cbs news.
The image captures a tumultuous summer. In satellite images taken by noaa on thursday and friday enormous amounts of smoke created by the fires can be seen extending and spiraling hundreds of miles out over the pacific ocean. 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. Satellite imagery from nasa shows how the smoke is flowing up the pacific coast and impacting b c s valleys.
The satellite imagery of the u s. For example the system uses satellite detections to locate fires. Nasa earth observatory nasa gsfc lauren daphin. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.
Shows how the dense smoke from the wildfires spawned in the west has fanned out and drifted into the eastern skies of the. The smoke has slowly spread across southwestern b c the images show. The smoke which is coming from wildfires burning in the western united states has prompted air quality advisories in many areas. This image comes from friday.
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. Satellite imagery from nasa shows how the smoke is flowing up the pacific coast and impacting b c s valleys.