Wildfire Smoke Satellite Images Of California Fires 2020

Noaa nasa s suomi npp satellite captured these series of images made into an animated gif showing the winds changing direction on sep.

Wildfire smoke satellite images of california fires 2020.

In august 2020 california is facing several major fires including the lnu lightning complex fire which grew into the second largest wildfire in california history. The state s heat waves droughts and lightning all played a. An image from nasa s suomi npp satellite on monday aug. 19 a surge in carbon emissions from california was the highest in the 18 year satellite record of reliable wildfire emissions monitoring.

Satellite images from noaa show massive swaths of smoke emitting from wildfires dotted across california and oregon. 19 2020 noaa s goes west satellite captured the above geocolor image loop of massive wildfire smoke plumes billowing from california and areas of the rocky mountains. Vegetation is shown in red. 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.

To the north a mid latitude. A plume of smoke from the el dorado fire is seen from interstate 10 in loma linda california on september 5 2020. This false color map created using data from nasa s terra satellite shows the burn area of the river and carmel fires in monterey county california on aug. 22 2020 shows yellow and red areas indicating heavy levels of aerosols from california wildfire smoke extending all the way to.

These fires already amplified by a warming. This composite image shows how the states looked on august 8 compared to september 8.