Real Time Satellite California Fires

There are two major types of current fire information.

Real time satellite california fires. Fire data is available for download or can be viewed through a map interface. This map contains four different types of data. 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. The lake fire started in the angeles national forest near lake hughes.

Fire perimeter and hot spot data. Download imagery via the maps below. 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. Explore recent images of storms wildfires property and more.

Fire origins mark the fire fighter s best guess of where the fire started. Hit reload to view the latest data images are updated every 30 minutes. 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. The fire is moving north and west burning in 100 year old fuels consisting of big cone douglas fir oak and gray.

For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data. Users can subscribe to email alerts bases on their area. 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. Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information.

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. 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. Use this web map to zoom in on real time weather patterns developing around the world.