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NASA's PACE satellite maps wildfire smoke as a record fire season burns
NASA's PACE satellite is using three instruments to monitor vegetation fire-risk signals and track smoke plumes during a record U.S. wildfire season.
With a record number of acres already burned across the United States this fire season, NASA's PACE satellite has turned its three instruments toward the crisis. The spacecraft monitors vegetation that signals fire risk before ignition, then tracks smoke plumes and their movement after fires start.
Scientists say the combined data will deepen understanding of wildfire behaviour and help piece together clues about fire dynamics.
Why it mattersBetter pre-fire and smoke-tracking data could improve evacuation timing and firefighting resource deployment as wildfire seasons intensify.
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