Worldview is part of nasa s earth observing system data and information system.
Satellite image nasa smoke map.
Use this web map to zoom in on real time weather patterns developing around the world.
The modis instrument on nasa s terra satellite captured this image of smoke from california wildfires blowing westward over the pacific ocean on sept.
Interactively zoom and animate weather satellite images from a variety of geostationary satellites.
Storm tracks and forecast maps are created using the most recent data.
Noaa nasa nasa satellites also captured the full range of fires burning across the us and mapped the smoke and particles coming from them.
Eastern central mountain and pacific.
Smoke is seen hovering over much of western north america and central.
Eosdis makes the agency s large repository of data accessible and freely available to the public.
The nasa worldview app provides a satellite s perspective of the planet as it looks today and as it has in the past through daily satellite images.
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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 is available for download or can be viewed through a map interface.
Visualize nrt data related to smoke plumes in worldview.
In mid august 2018 deadly blazes across the western united states and canada created thick plumes of smoke the viirs instrument on the joint nasa noaa suomi npp satellite acquired this image top on august 15 2018.
Daily imagery is provided by services from nasa s gibs part of eosdis.
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.
Nasa noaa satellite suomi npp and modis aqua and terra provide continuous imagery for am at local 10 30am and pm at local 1 30pm.
Features of this site include.
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.
You may also obtain gif and jpeg images from our ftp data server.
This satellite image shows how fires east of the cascades sent smoke toward the puget sound in washington on september 7 2020.