In satellite images taken by noaa on thursday and friday enormous amounts of smoke created by the fires can be seen extending and spiraling hundreds of miles out over the pacific ocean.
Satellite image smoke pacific northwest.
For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.
Noaa nasa s suomi npp satellite captured these series of images made into an animated gif showing the winds changing direction on sep.
Published by pnw smoke cooperators.
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At night the blue colors represent liquid water clouds such as fog and stratus while gray to.
06 2020 when choking clouds of brown smoke began to billow.
During the day the imagery looks approximately as it would appear when viewed with human eyes from space.
West coast alaska central alaska southeastern alaska northern pacific ocean hawaii tropical pacific ocean southern pacific ocean goes east.
Geocolor is a multispectral product composed of true color using a simulated green component during the daytime and an infrared product that uses bands 7 and 13 at night.
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