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Terra’s MISR Measures Australian Smoke Plumes

Posted on by Tassia Owen Posted in News and Events
Terra’s MISR instrument measures how high smoke travels in the atmosphere, which can affect how far smoke travels, helping better forecast where air quality is affected. This animation shows the height of smoke plumes over Australia from December 16, 2019.

On December 16th, 2019 NASA’s Terra satellite flew over the eastern coast of Australia, capturing 3D data on the height of smoke plumes emanating from the widespread fires in the region with its Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument. Using data from this overpass, the NASA Disasters Program in collaboration with the Active Aerosol Plume-height (AAP) project has developed the first ever interactive 3D visualization of MISR fire plume-height data, which demonstrates the new 3D capabilities of the NASA Disasters Mapping Portal. https://disasters.nasa.gov/australia-fires-2020/nasa-terra-satellite-maps-australia-smoke-plumes-3d