Re:Australia fires: Misleading maps and pictures go viral
by rohfle on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @08:25PM
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After the sky turned orange in New Zealand a few days ago from the smoke from the Australian bushfires [1], I stumbled across this blog post by Scott Bachmeier:
The post contains relevant satellite imagery taken from Himiwari-8 showing the creation of pyrocumulonimbus clouds from the fires, along with thermal imaging. There is also a technical explanation about how the thermal anomalies are detected.
The smoke cloud is now heading to the middle of pacific ocean and is still visible from space [2]
https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/35342
The post contains relevant satellite imagery taken from Himiwari-8 showing the creation of pyrocumulonimbus clouds from the fires, along with thermal imaging. There is also a technical explanation about how the thermal anomalies are detected.
The smoke cloud is now heading to the middle of pacific ocean and is still visible from space [2]
[1]: https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/118597927/in-pictures-auckl... [2]: https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu/?sat=goes-17&z=1&im=...