The satellite takes images of the earth below and streams it down to the station in real time.
Real time smoke satellite images.
Previously known as flash earth.
Use this web map to zoom in on real time weather patterns developing around the world.
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The station s antenna points toward the satellite and tracks it for as long as it can until it moves out of range.
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.
While derived from operational satellites the data products and imagery available on this website are intended for informational purposes only.
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.
Goes west imagery 30 minutes.
Real time satellite fire monitoring goes west.
For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.
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This satellite image provided by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration at 20 36 utc 1 36 pm pdt shows smoke from wildfires blown westward from california s sierra nevada to the.
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