Fire perimeter and hot spot data.
Satellite map of california fires today.
Fire origins mark the fire fighter s best guess of where the fire started.
Air quality pm 2 5 information from official monitors is shown as circles air quality pm 2 5 information from temporary monitors placed by agencies during smoke events is show as triangles air quality pm 2 5 information from low cost sensors is shown as squares large fire incidents as fire icons satellite fire detections as small glowing points and smoke plume.
There are two major types of current fire information.
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This map contains four different types of data.
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Fire data is available for download or can be viewed through a map interface.
The video below shows a satellite image loop revealing the rapid expansion of several large new fires that broke out across california over the weekend including the creek fire in fresno county.
The data is provided by calfire.
Nasa satellite images have revealed more than 650 wildfires have broken out across california with he space agency describing the perfect storm of conditions which have allowed the blazes to spread.
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.
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Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information.
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.
This combination of satellite images shows the lnu lightning complex wildfire burning to the west of healdsburg in sonoma county california on aug.
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