Real Time Smoke Satellite Images

Previously known as flash earth.
Real time smoke satellite images. Aerosols absorb and scatter incoming sunlight which reduces visibility and increases the optical depth. The satellite takes images of the earth below and streams it down to the station in real time. 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. Aerosols have an effect on human health weather and the climate.
In order to obtain u s. Neither the website nor the data displayed herein are considered. 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. The use of near real time satellite data are useful for identifying and tracking smoke plumes.
Sources of aerosols include. An image of california featuring smoke produced by wildfires captured with nasa s earth observing system data and. Each station therefore receives the images of the areas around it. Use this web map to zoom in on real time weather patterns developing around the world.
This website is supported on a monday friday basis so outages may occur without notice and may not be immediately resolved. This satellite image provided by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration at 20 36 utc 1 36 pm pdt shows smoke from wildfires blown westward from california s sierra nevada to the. The station s antenna points toward the satellite and tracks it for as long as it can until it moves out of range. Explore recent images of storms wildfires property and more.
Eastern central mountain and pacific. Download imagery via the maps below. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data. While derived from operational satellites the data products and imagery available on this website are intended for informational purposes only.