California Fires MODIS imagery and TOMS Aerosols from October 2003

  • Released Monday, November 24, 2003
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This animation sequences through the MODIS imagery of the devastating Californian fires from October 23, 2003 through October 29, 2003. Then the animation resets to October 23, 2003 and zooms out to see the TOMS aerosol sequence. It clearly shows that the California fires had an impact on air quality as far east as Maine.

This animation shows the MODIS imagery of the California fires from October 23, 2003 to October 29, 2003. Then it zooms out and reruns the sequence with the TOMS aerosol data overlaid on top of the MODIS imagery.

MODIS image from October 23, 2003

MODIS image from October 23, 2003

MODIS image from October 24, 2003

MODIS image from October 24, 2003

MODIS image from October 25, 2003

MODIS image from October 25, 2003

MODIS image from October 26, 2003

MODIS image from October 26, 2003

MODIS image from October 27, 2003

MODIS image from October 27, 2003

MODIS image from October 24, 2003

MODIS image from October 24, 2003

MODIS image from October 25, 2003

MODIS image from October 25, 2003

MODIS image from October 27, 2003

MODIS image from October 27, 2003

MODIS image from October 28, 2003

MODIS image from October 28, 2003

MODIS image from October 29, 2003

MODIS image from October 29, 2003

MODIS image from October 31, 2003

MODIS image from October 31, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 23, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 23, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 24, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 24, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 25, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 25, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 26, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 26, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 27, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 27, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 28, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 28, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 29, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 29, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 30, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 30, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 31, 2003

TOMS aerosol image from October 31, 2003

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Monday, November 24, 2003.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.

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