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.
Real time satellite view of california fires.
There are two major types of current fire information.
For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.
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.
The fires locations are approximates.
These images are considered raw data with no analysis of fires and or smoke.
If you would like to view close to real time satellite imagery of the fires you can use nasa s earth observing system data and information system eosdis worldview interactive application which.
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.
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Fire data is available for download or can be viewed through a map interface.
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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.
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Real time satellite fire monitoring northern california click on image to enlarge.
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