Noaa Goes Satellite Smoke

During the day the imagery looks approximately as it would appear when viewed with human eyes from space.

Noaa goes satellite smoke. The advanced baseline imager on goes 17 detects smoke plumes as shown in this imagery of wildfires in central and northern saskatchewan canada observed on may 20 2018. Goes 17 satellite observes smoke from wildfires. For archive goes 16 17 aod data please go to our data archive center at. 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.

Goes east conus full disk northern rockies upper mississippi valley great lakes northeast southern rockies southern plains southern mississippi valley southeast u s. The ability to detect fires and smoke can be compromised by many factors including cloud cover tree canopy terrain the size of the fire or smoke plume the time of the day etc. At night the blue colors represent liquid water clouds such as fog and stratus while gray to. Conus imaging sector and 10min observations over the entire western hemisphere full disk imaging sector with two satellites positioned at 75 2 o w goes 16 launched on november 2016 and 137 2 o w goes 17 launched on march 2018.

Dear satellite aod data users the current noaa operational goes east west satellites are goes 16 goes 17. Goes west imagery 30 minutes. The nesdis spsd at ssdwebmaster noaa gov. To the north a mid latitude cyclone spins over the gulf of alaska while hurricane genevieve continues its path toward baja california.

The nesdis star webmaster at nesdis star webmaster noaa gov all other questions can be sent to. If you are looking for high resolution photographic quality satellite imagery of hurricanes and other storms please visit. The satellite sensors used to detect fires are sensitive to heat sources and reflected sunlight. Noaa s geostationary operational environmental satellite goes provides 5min observations over the conterminous u s.

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. Please direct all questions and comments regarding goes e goes 16 images to. Real time satellite fire monitoring goes west. 19 2020 noaa s goes west satellite captured the above geocolor image loop of massive wildfire smoke plumes billowing from california and areas of the rocky mountains.

As the southwestern united states endures a record heat wave the. Goes active fire detection data. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.