Fires like the 100 277 hectare lutz creek fire in british columbia in august 2018 and the camp fire in california in november 2018 which burned more than 142 000 acres exact a costly economic and human toll.
Google earth current satellite images of california fires.
The need to study the relationships between environmental factors and fires to minimize risk is critical.
For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.
Geospatial data are organized by specified geographic region and include location and characterization of satellite fire detections current large.
The links below provide access to several geospatial datasets relevant to fire management in keyhole markup language kml kmz format for use in google earth and other virtual globe applications.
Make use of google earth s detailed globe by tilting the map to save a perfect 3d view or diving into street view for a 360 experience.
New satellite images show the smoke from wildfires that s drifted 600 miles into the pacific ocean and made california s air quality plummet to very unhealthy and hazardous levels.
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The fires locations are approximates.
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Previously known as flash earth.
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.
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.
As fires blaze across california local and federal officials see hope in providing more real time information.
This map created by cal fire provides general locations of major fires burning in california.