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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.
A huge new fire in california that has prompted the evacuation of more than 7 000 people can be seen in satellite images with smoke from the blaze visible from space.
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.
This combination of satellite images shows the lnu lightning complex wildfire burning to the west of healdsburg in sonoma county california on aug.
The inundation of smoke is severe enough to show up on satellite and is capturing the attention of.
For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.