Sunday, 20 October 2013
20 October 2013 23:40 UTC
EUMETSAT Science Blog
The smoke plumes from the wildfires visible from Metop-A.
Monday, 9 August 2010
01–09 August 2010 00:00 UTC
Smoke from the Russian wildfires as measured by GOME-2 on board of Metop-A, shown with the Absorbing Aerosol Index (AAI).
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
29 June 2011 03:35 UTC
Hot spots from the wildfires burning near to the Los Alamos National Laboratory are clearly visible after the smoke cleared.
Sunday, 17 June 2012
17 June 2012 17:11 UTC
Fires in Colorado as seen by Metop-A on 17 June, combining the day orbit image, showing the blue-grey smoke plume, and the subsequent night overpass image, showing hot spots from red to yellow.
Friday, 6 February 2009
07 February 2009 00:00 UTC
On 7 February, the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2 (GOME-2) instrument on Metop-A, observed the smoke plume of the Australian wildfires.
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
25 June 2013 11:00 UTC
On 25 June 2013, smoke from the large wildfires in Colorado (USA) reached Europe. This was seen in the GOME-2 and OMI aerosol images, processed at KNMI.
Tuesday, 1 May 2018
May–September 2018
Summer 2018 in much of Europe was characterised by prolonged heatwaves, leading to droughts in some areas.
Monday, 22 October 2007
22 October 2007 00:00 UTC
The October 2007 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that began burning across Southern California on 20 and 21 October.
Monday, 15 July 2019
15 July–18 August 2019
Huge fires in the Arctic and Siberia during Summer 2019, were seen by the Sentinel-3 and Metop satellites.
Tuesday, 1 January 2019
January–December 2018
A look at our most popular case studies from 2018
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
15 August-22 September 2020
Data from multiple satellites used to investigate the atmospheric impact of the extensive 2020 California fires.
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
January–December 2016
A look at our most popular case studies from 2016.
