The height of a wildfire's smoke plume is key to understanding how far it will blow.
Published Jun 6, 2012
A new experimental model that relies on data from NOAA and NASA satellites has proven remarkably good at simulating the behavior of wildfire smoke.
Published Nov 6, 2018
Acquired November 5, 2012, this image shows fires and smoke in the Indian state of Punjab.
Published Nov 7, 2012
With dozens of wildfires burning in a part of Russia best known for its frigid winters, the CALIPSO satellite offered this view through the clouds and smoke.
Published Jul 30, 2014
As satellites observed, an intense wildfire in Quebec, Canada, lofted smoke high into the atmosphere in June 2013. Winds then drove the smoke across the Atlantic Ocean all the way to Europe.
Published Jun 28, 2013
A satellite sensor is helping scientists understand where smoke is headed and what it means for those breathing it.
Published Mar 14, 2019
Acquired June 5, 2011, this natural-color image shows thick smoke from Arizona traveling northward through Colorado.
Published Jun 6, 2011
Acquired in mid-June 2011, this natural-color image shows smoke from fires in Florida and Georgia blowing over the Atlantic Ocean.
Published Jun 16, 2011
Wildfires in southern Siberia lofted smoke high into the troposphere.
Published Apr 23, 2015
Black smoke billowed over the Libyan landscape on August 20, 2008, likely caused by a fire at an oil refinery.
Published Aug 21, 2008
Satellites observed a long plume that stretched across the continent from the East Siberian Sea to the Sea of Okhotsk.
Published Aug 15, 2014
This photo-like image from August 4, 2010, shows intense fires burning across central Russia and a thick plume of smoke stretching about 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles).
Published Aug 5, 2010
