NOAA /NASAThe Sumomi NPP Satellite captured this series of images (created by animated GIFs) on September 6, 2020, when brown smoke clouds began to form and began to form in the Pacific Ocean. (Dates displayed in bottom left corner.) As of September 10, the cloud of smoke has traveled more than 1,300 miles. The square mile of smoke in the image below averages 963,269. Those estimates have been calculated using a measurement tool in the NASA Worldview application.
A staggering ning.1 million acres have been burned in California this year (per CL of fire), totaling as of Wednesday, September, 2020. acres is equal to a million acres. In addition, 505,14114 acres have been lost in reg Reagan (state) Reg Reagan Fires and Hotspots Dashboard, 9:30 a.m. EDT Sept. 11) and 500,000 acres in the state of Washington (Northwest Integrity Coordination Center). The wind blowing in the west suddenly spreads and in less than two days helps to spread as fast as the evidence found in the development of half a million acres.
There have been 12 fire-related casualties this year.
The square mile of smoke in the image below averages 963,269. Those estimates are calculated using a measurement tool in the NASA Worldview application. Credit: NASA Worldview
Records are broken during this fire season and experts continue to blame accidents, extreme heat and strong winds. Because the atmosphere is constantly changing, scientists also believe that such fires will not only continue but deteriorate. Nick Nussler, a forensic meteorologist at the National Intelligence Fire Center, tweeted: “Multiple fires in California, Oregon and Washington have run 20-plus miles in the last 24 hours in the last few days. The distance traveled so fast would hardly be in a meadow fire. However, most of these fires are burning in timber and tens of thousands of acres and in some cases 100,000 plus acres a day. The sheer amount of fire on the landscape is surreal. “
NASA’s Earth Observation System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Worldview application provides the ability to interactively browse more than 700 global, full-resolution satellite image layers and then download the underlying data. Many of the available image layers are updated within three hours of observation, essentially showing the whole earth the way it appears “right now”. Actively burning fire, detected by thermal bands, is shown as red dots. Image courtesy: NASA World View, Earth Observation System Data and Information System (EOSDIS).
