Wildfire status tracking.The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services postsa daily map showing the status of active wildfires in the state. It’s basically a one-page PDF you can print and hand out: decidedly old school and not remotely interactive. TheNew York Timeshasa series of ...
Active fireLast updated 7 minutes ago California wildfires map The most recent fire is the Eaton fire, which started on Jan. 7. It is 73% contained and has burned 14,117 acres so far. About this map 2 California fires Palisades CA 23,713 acres burned Burning for 11 days 49% contained...
This period aligns with many of the warmest years on record nationwide, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The land area burned by wildfires varies by state, with more land typically burning in the western United States compared to the East....
when wildfires occur (Wang et al.2021a,b). However, a limitation of multispectral data is that they do not allow for the detailed characterization of the structure of tree stands. For this purpose, SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) data and LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) data are being c...
This interactive SWIR imagery map by Maxar uses the visibility layout property to show or hide raster layers with shortwave infrared satellite imagery of California wildfires. raster-array-band EXPERIMENTAL Paint property. Optional string . Requires source to be "raster-array". Displayed band of ...
For populations impacted by these wildfires and their smoke, maps are increasingly important tools for staying safe. Use the open data resources listed here to build your own maps of fires and air quality. Defensible.app uses data from Purple Air and Viirs to add air quality and active fire ...
Since 1958, NASA has launched dozens of satellites to monitor Earth. While Explorer 1 measured cosmic rays, satellites today can observe everything from salinity in the oceans to nitrous oxide, air temperature, and more. Over two dozen active NASA satellite missions currently monitor Earth from or...
Wildfires are destructive fires over the wildland that can wipe out large areas of vegetation and infrastructure. Such fires are hard to control and manage as they can change directions almost instantly, driven by changing environmental conditions. Effective response to such events requires the ability...
NASA Earth Observatory has had several stories on the western U.S. wildfires, gatheredhere.This storysummarizes the situation; satellite images of the smoke generated by the fires can be seenhere,hereandhere. In today's Sunday edition of@washingtonpostpic.twitter.com/qHosujRKrG ...
A daily map of active wildfires shows some of the most intense hotspots in B.C. and Alberta occurring near the U.S. border. Officials are still facing a “challenging forecast” in the western provinces with more fires on the horizon, Macnab noted. ...