Satellite observations suggest fires in Quebec sent smoke billowing across the Atlantic; but pinpointing the source can pose a scientific challenge.
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Wildfire smoke contains dark sooty particles that can “burn off” clouds.
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.
Smoke from wildfires burning across the western United States and Canada drifted all the way to Europe.
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Dense plumes darkened the skies over the Northwest Territories in August.
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Scientists use a satellite called CALIPSO to study smoke plumes.
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A satellite sensor is helping scientists understand where smoke is headed and what it means for those breathing it.
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In certain environments, dark particles in smoke from fires can inhibit cloud formation and limit rainfall.
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The height of a wildfire's smoke plume is key to understanding how far it will blow.
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Unusually intense fires in Russia sent smoke half-way around the world.
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Whether a smoke or dust plume has a heating—or cooling—effect on the atmosphere can depend on whether it is above clouds.
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A new experimental model that relies on data from NOAA and NASA satellites has proven remarkably good at simulating the behavior of wildfire smoke.
An unusually thick plume of smoke from wildfires in Alberta, Canada, wafted across U.S. Midwest and eastern states.
Fires are burning so fiercely that they are lofting smoke to unusual heights.
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Satellites observed a long plume that stretched across the continent from the East Siberian Sea to the Sea of Okhotsk.
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