To view the official analyses by noaa meteorologists please see the hazard mapping system fire and smoke product.
Today fire california real time satellite fire images.
Each station therefore receives the images of the areas around it.
The satellite takes images of the earth below and streams it down to the station in real time.
Use this web map to zoom in on real time weather patterns developing around the world.
Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information.
The modis and viirs thermal layers are created from the modis satellite detection system and represents hot spots that could be potential fire locations in the last 24 hour period at a horizontal resolution of 1 km and temporal resolution of 1 to 2 days.
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Explore the world in real time launch web map in new window noaa satellite maps latest 3d scene this high resolution imagery is provided by geostationary weather satellites permanently stationed more than 22 000 miles above the earth.
Fire data web services.
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For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.
Fire data is available for download or can be viewed through a map interface.
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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.
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.
The station s antenna points toward the satellite and tracks it for as long as it can until it moves out of range.
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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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.
Probable fires will appear as sharp white spots in the reflectivity images.
These images are considered raw data with no analysis of fires and or smoke.
About active fire maps.
There are two major types of current fire information.
Fire perimeter and hot spot data.
Latest detected fire activity.
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