Smoke & #AirPollution across South America from active #wildfires #openburning, especially in S Brazil & N Argentina, in #CopernicusAtmosphere forecasts of aerosol optical depth⬅️, total column carbon monoxide↗️ & surface PM2.5↘️ atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/cams/ #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS #opendata for Amazonia Legal & Mato Gross do Sul🇧🇷 showing daily total intensity since 1 August & estimated carbon emissions since 1 July. Generally similar to 2019 Pantanal fires increasing MGS data in recent days.

Escalation in daily total intensity & monthly total estimated emissions of #Yakutia #wildfires over the weekend in #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS monitoring & continuing high surface PM2.5 #AirPollution in 28/09 forecast visualized by @windyforecast windy.com/-PM2-5-pm2p5?c…

https://twitter.com/m_parrington/status/1309573167413952514

For context, current daily total intensity of #Yakutia #wildfires compared to the rest of the season from 1 June

Several days of very active Sakha Republic #wildfires (&new September record emissions) in latest #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS data & huge area of surface PM2.5 #airpollution windy.com/-PM2-5-pm2p5?c… & smoke go.nasa.gov/340kfVh extends from Yakutsk to Laptev Sea & #Arctic Ocean More info on Global Fire Assimilation System (GFAS)➡️ confluence.ecmwf.int/display/CKB/CA…

Images show #CopernicusAtmosphere PM2.5 forecast initialized 00UTC 25/09, valid for 13UTC & Suomi NPP VIIRS🛰️ imagery at ~13UTC on 25/09

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Increased #wildfires & smoke #airpollution around Yakutia & Sakha Republic in latest #CopernicusAtmosphere surface PM2.5 forecast visualized by @windyforecast windy.com/-PM2-5-pm2p5?c… & GFAS data to 20/09. @JPSSProgram VIIRS imagery shows smoke on 21/09 go.nasa.gov/35UrUah

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@JChimotScience @tonyveco @annamaria_84 @GuillermoRein @centrewildfires @sgconard @queenofpeat @cwiedinm @GuidovanderWerf @robertdfield @TheRealPyroTina @dr_firelady @RSFireNerd @OroraTech @steverarnold @ACRoBEARArctic @_Arctic_Circle @WeatherSarov1 @AarneGranlund

Thick smoke from #CaliforniaFires #OregonFires crossing North America & North Atlantic reaching Iceland & Scandinavia over weekend in latest @CopernicusECMWF Atmosphere Monitoring Service @ECMWF aerosol forecast visualized by @windyforecast windy.com/-Aerosol-aod55… #wildfires Dark area of smoke aerosol from western US #wildfires over cloud in #TerraMODIS visible imagery for 17/09 go.nasa.gov/3iIPkmz corresponding to area of high AOD in #CopernicusAtmosphere forecast for 09UTC atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/cams/ae…

Thick smoke from continuing #CaliforniaFires #OregonFires crossing N America & eventually N Atlantic towards Iceland🇮🇸 & Norwegian Sea in latest @CopernicusECMWF Atmosphere Monitoring Service @ECMWF forecast visualized by @windyforecast windy.com/-Aerosol-aod55… Note also sea salt aerosol from #HurricanePaulette, #SaharanDust and smoke from #wildfires in Portugal & Spain #IIFF

More hazy skies predicted for W & N Europe with #SaharanDust over next few days in @CopernicusECMWF Atmosphere Monitoring Service @ECMWF aerosol optical depth forecast from 13 Sept atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/cams/ae… & more #CaliforniaFires #OregonFires smoke next weekend Note also high (sea salt) aerosol optical depth associated with #HurricanePaulette

Updated monitoring of devastating & deadly western US #wildfires with #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS data based on MODIS active fire obs. Daily total intensity >> 2003-2019 mean & estimated annual total carbon emissions confirm record scale of #CaliforniaFires & #OregonFires #IIFF @CAL_FIRE @ODF_COD @NWCCInfo @waDNR_fire @wildfiretoday @IAWF @wildfirecenter @pyrogeog @DrBalch @gollnerfire @bobyokelson @jmccarty_geo @cwiedinm @TheRealPyroTina @NickyNaus @Weather_West @CIMSS_Satellite @OroraTech @mayday_ai @Pierre_Markuse @tonyveco @annamaria_84

Escalation of devastating #wildfires, smoke & surface #airpollution across entire western US with very high levels of surface PM2.5 for the coming days. @CopernicusECMWF Atmosphere Monitoring Service @ECMWF forecast initialized 9 Sept at 00 UTC visualized by @windyforecast Link to forecast ➡️ windy.com/-PM2-5-pm2p5?c… #CAwx #CaliforniaFires #ORwx #OregonFires #WAwx #WashingtonFires #COwx #ColoradoFires #UTwx #UtahFires

Clear increase in daily total intensity of #CaliforniaFires & #ColoradoFires on 7 Sept >> 2003-2019 mean in #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS data. Latest 24-hour aerosol & carbon monoxide forecasts show long-range transport of smoke extending across the US from SW to NE. Aerosol forecast charts ➡️ atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/cams/ae…

Carbon monoxide forecast charts ➡️ atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/cams/ca…

As #wildfires increase across western US today’s #CopernicusAtmosphere Monitoring Service surface PM2.5 & aerosol forecasts for 12UTC, based on 🛰 fire & smoke obs from 6 Sept, show smoke impact on #airquality spreading eastwards. Visualized by @windyforecast PM2.5 forecast ➡️ windy.com/-PM2-5-pm2p5?c…
Aerosol Optical Depth forecast ➡️ windy.com/-Aerosol-aod55…

More info ➡️ atmosphere.copernicus.eu

Analyses of organic matter aerosol optical depth, based on 🛰️ obs, showing large-scale smoke transport around N Hemisphere from #Siberia #ArcticFires (& #CaliforniaFires) between 1 Aug to 2 Sept 2020. @CopernicusECMWF Atmosphere Monitoring Service @ECMWF atmosphere.copernicus.eu #ArcticFires were very active in first week of August 2020 but reduced to more usual activity for most of the month with slight increase as summer came to an end. #opendata from #CopernicusAtmosphere Global Fire Assimilation System based on MODIS 🛰️ obs confluence.ecmwf.int/display/CKB/CA…

Quick initial evaluation of #CopernicusAtmosphere Monitoring Service AOD forecasts in relation to long-range transport of #CaliforniaFires & #ColoradoFires smoke vs. Aeronet measurements at Fresno & @NASAAmes CA, Sterling CO, Missoula MT, N Great Plains ND & Sioux Falls SD

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@VHPeuch @RichardJEngelen @AntjeInness @Mel_Ades @henk_eskes @JChimotScience

Peak #ArcticFires activity seems a long time ago but Sakha Republic & Chukotka🇷🇺still experiencing above average daily total #wildfire intensity for late August in #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS data to 24/08. #TerraMODIS🛰️imagery shows continuation on 25/08 go.nasa.gov/3ldIDKV

https://twitter.com/m_parrington/status/1295717918911737858

#Wildfire activity in other parts of #Siberia has been relatively low all summer. Krasnoyarsk & Irkustk have been experiencing increased daily total intensity over last 2 weeks close to 2003-2018 mean & << 2019.

Busy days over the North Atlantic with smoke from #CaliforniaFires #ColoradoFires & #SaharanDust moving around Azores high in @CopernicusECMWF Atmosphere Monitoring Service @ECMWF aerosol optical depth forecast visualized by @windyforecast windy.com/-Aerosol-aod55… @CopernicusEU @ESA_EO @eumetsat @Atmospheric_SAF @NASAEarth @NOAASatellites @AerosolWatch @NCAR_ACOM @WMO @defis_eu @CAL_FIRE @wildfiretoday @Dust_Barcelona @SanGasso @DustyCRyder @ryans_wx @kkno21 @VHPeuch @RichardJEngelen @AntjeInness @Mel_Ades @henk_eskes @SaraBasart @severeweatherEU

Smoke from #CaliforniaFires already covering huge area of western US/Canada & predicted to continue eastwards across the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic in @CopernicusECMWF Atmosphere Monitoring Service @ECMWF forecast visualized by @windyforecast windy.com/-Aerosol-aod55… Daily total fire radiative power of #CaliforniaFires & #ColoradoFires continues >> 2003-2019 mean in #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS data with 2020 already the highest annual total estimated #wildfire carbon emissions for Colorado.

Thick smoke plumes from escalating scale & intensity of #wildfires in California, Colorado & western US predicted to spread across N America in latest @CopernicusECMWF Atmosphere Monitoring Service @ECMWF aerosol forecast visualized by @windyforecast windy.com/-Aerosol-aod55… #AirPollution related to #CaliforniaWildfires & #ColoradoWildfires affecting huge area in #CopernicusAtmosphere Monitoring Service 24-hour forecasts (init 00 UTC, 20/08/2020) of ⬅️total column carbon monoxide, ↗️surface CO concentration & ↘️surface PM2.5 concentration #airquality

Greatly reduced #ArcticFires over the last week in #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS data as the season starts to change although latest map atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/cams/fi… shows several continuing active #wildfires in #Siberia south of the #ArcticCircle Daily total #Siberia #wildfire intensity for Sakha Republic &Chukotka Autonomous Oblast showing some increase at or slightly > 2003-2018 mean in recent days but << the activity earlier in August

Daily #AmazonFires monitoring since 1 July in #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS #opendata confluence.ecmwf.int/display/CKB/CA… vs. 2003-2019. Amazonia Legal fairly average but Amazonas & Mato Grosso do Sul experiencing earlier & significantly higher activity compared with Mato Grosso & other states Global Fire Assimilation System (GFAS) data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service atmosphere.copernicus.eu

Latest maps of Fire Radiative Power for S America➡️ atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/cams/fi…

Thick smoke from intense active #wildfires in California, Nevada & Colorado in latest @CopernicusECMWF Atmosphere Monitoring Service @ECMWF aerosol optical depth forecast visualized by @windyforecast windy.com/-Aerosol-aod55… #LoyaltonFire #CameronPeakFire #CaliforniaFires #COFire @CopernicusEU @CopernicusEMS @defis_eu @ESA_EO @eumetsat @Atmospheric_SAF @NASAEarth @NOAASatellites @AerosolWatch @wildfiretoday @IAWF @CalFireNews @NevadaFireInfo @RMACCinfo @NWSBoulder @NWSReno @mikeflannigan @weatherdak @Weather_West @DanLindsey77 @RSFireNerd @jmccarty_geo

Have we seen the end of this year's #ArcticFires? Cloud still limits🛰️obs but #ArcticCircle #wildfires expected to die down in 2nd half August based on 18 years of #CopernicusAtmosphere Monitoring Service GFAS data. 240 Mt CO2 since 1 June 2020 higher than previous annual totals.

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Latest GFAS charts➡️ atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/cams/fi…
NASA worldview imagery➡️ go.nasa.gov/3kE6fbg