Live Satellite View Of California Fires

Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground 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. Each satellite has unique detection and data refresh capabilities. 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. Fire perimeter and hot spot data.

Zoom into recent high resolution maps of property. Fire data is available for download or can be viewed through a map interface. Using the map below you can view potential fire detection data provided by these six satellites as they monitor the state of california from space. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.

To view the most complete information about a specific potential fire select all satellite data available. 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. 19 a surge in carbon emissions from california was the highest in the 18 year satellite record of reliable wildfire emissions monitoring. A natural color image of the czu lightening complex fires near santa cruz california taken on aug.

Track storms hurricanes and wildfires. View live satellite images for free. Users can subscribe to email alerts bases on their area. 21 2020 shows the dense smoke now covering much of california.

There are two major types of current fire information. 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. 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. The glass fire started at.