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CALIPSO Ground Track on 10/13/2017

Image of EOSDIS Worldview true-folor and NOAA Hazard Mapping System Smoke overlaid with active-fire detection data.

      

Vertical profiles of the near-field smoke plumes from the fires burning in California on October 13th, 2017.  These CALIOP data (space-based lidar) can be used for Air Quality, Hazardous plume location, and for the potential initialization of transport models.  

CALIOP Vertical Feature Mask and Subtype 

At this time, the smoke is not hovering near the ground.

images of Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP Lidar)

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