California’s Park Fire Spread Fast and Hot

An array of satellite sensors observed the long-duration, episodic spread of the state’s historic fire.

NASA Earth Observatory animation by Michala Garrison, using FEDS data provided by Douglas Morton/GSFC. The FEDS algorithm was developed by Chen, Y. et al. (2022) at UC Irvine, GSFC, Cardiff U., and U. del Rosario. NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using ECOSTRESS data from NASA AppEEARS. Basemaps use Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published August 31, 2024
Data acquired July 25, 2024

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ISS > ECOSTRESS

Landsat 9 > OLI-2

NOAA-20 > VIIRS

Space Shuttle > SRTM

Suomi NPP > VIIRS

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