NOAA introduces the RRFS-Smoke model, a new tool that predicts the movement of wildfire smoke and its impact on air quality.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) For most of the past decade, forecasters have been able to use satellites to track ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- We are getting a new perspective of the wildfires raging around the region and the visible impact to the Bay Area. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shared ...

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Aerosol particles in high smoke plumes reflect more light back into space. Closer to Earth’s surface, there is more oxygen to absorb light at the 688 nanometer wavelength, so less light is reflected.

For most of the past decade, forecasters have been able to use satellites to track these smoke plumes, but the view was only two-dimensional: The satellites couldn’t determine how close the smoke was ...