Course Info: Monitoring Smoke during Day and Night
Monitoring Smoke during Day and Night
Course Description
This short lesson explores satellite products used to detect and monitor smoke during both daytime and nighttime conditions. Smoke can travel long distances and pose significant health risks, making accurate monitoring essential. During the day, GeoColor and GeoFire composite imagery from GOES-East and GOES-West satellites, along with GeoColor/True Color imagery from low-Earth or polar-orbiting satellites, provide effective views of smoke extent and movement. At night, the VIIRS Day/Night Band is the primary product used to monitor smoke as it overcomes the limitations of traditional visible and infrared sensors by detecting smoke using reflected moonlight and other low-light sources. This lesson uses a variety of short examples to explore the uses and benefits as well as limitations of each product for smoke monitoring.
Intended Audience
Operational forecasters, as well as incident meteorologists, students, scientists and others in the wildfire and air quality community needing timely environmental information.
Course Access
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Course Publish Date
TBD
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