Smoke Transport Across the U.S.

Some of the smoke being generated by the wildfires in southern California is now spreading as far east as the U.S. Great Lakes region.

The pale gray haze hanging over the Bay of Fundy, sandwiched between Maine and Nova Scotia, may actually be smoke from intense wildfires burning in Southern California. An atmospheric transport model developed at the Naval Research Laboratory predicted that strong winds would carry the smoke northeastward across the United States over Maine. This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image was captured by the Terra satellite on October 31, 2003.

The high-resolution image provided above is at MODIS’ maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The image is available in additional resolutions.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Start Date

    2003-10-31

  • Event Start Date

    2003-10-30

  • NH Image ID

    11818

  • NH Event ID

    10198

  • NH Posting Date

    2003-11-03