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   September 10, 2022 - Smoke from West Coast Fires Over Greenland   
      
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      By September 8, 2022, smoke from many dozens of large wildfires burning   
      across the Western United States had travelled more than 2,800 miles   
      (4,506 km) to reach the western coast of Greenland. On that same day,   
      the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board   
      NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of a gray blanket of   
      smoke lying over the Davis Strait and coastal Greenland, including the   
      towns of Nuuk and Paamiut. In the north, the hazy pall appears to be   
      mingling with the cloud layer, suggesting that the smoke stayed high   
      aloft. Air Quality reports for Nuuk and Paamiut registered in the   
      “Good” range on September 8, also indicative that the pollution stayed   
      aloft rather than nearing ground level.   
      
      A record-setting heat wave combined with drought set the stage for a   
      vicious fire season across the Western United States. In the first week   
      of September, Sacramento, California reached a record high temperature   
      for that city of 116˚F (46.7˚C) while Death Valley, California’s 127˚F   
      (47.2˚C) set a new high temperature for September recorded anywhere on   
      Earth. At the same time, the number and size of wildfires are growing.   
      The National Interagency Fire Center’s (NIFC) report on September 9   
      identified 96 large fires burning in 8 states: 37 in Idaho, 22 in   
      Montana, 12 in Oregon, 12 in Washington, 10 in California, and 1 each   
      in Utah, Wyoming, and Nevada. This is a large uptick from a week   
      prior—even from a day earlier. The NIFC stated that twenty-five new   
      fires had ignited over the last 24 hour period. The 96 large fires had   
      charred 690,030 acres, with more than 17,000 wildland firefighters and   
      personnel actively working the incidents.   
      
      Red-flag warnings for extreme fire conditions continue across parts of   
      Washington, Oregon, and California.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 9/8/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (1.3 MB),  500m (3.7 MB),  250m (2.5 MB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-09-10   
       
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