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Satellite map of california fires today.
Fire data is available for download or can be viewed through a map interface.
Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information.
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.
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.
This map contains four different types of data.
Fire origins mark the fire fighter s best guess of where the fire started.
There are two major types of current fire information.
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Fire perimeter and hot spot data.
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.
The data is provided by calfire.
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.
This combination of satellite images shows the lnu lightning complex wildfire burning to the west of healdsburg in sonoma county california on aug.
Nasa satellite images have revealed more than 650 wildfires have broken out across california with he space agency describing the perfect storm of conditions which have allowed the blazes to spread.
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