![\"Suomi](\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2020\/08\/200820_1002utc_suomiNPP_viirs_dayNightBand_shortwaveInfrared_nearInfrared_viirsAcitiveFires_Northern_CA_anim.gif\")
<\/a>Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m)<\/em> and Near-Infrared (1.61 \u00b5m and 2.25 \u00b5m)<\/em> images along with the VIIRS Active Fires product (credit: William Straka, CIMSS) [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>A comparison of Suomi NPP VIIRS Day\/Night Band (0.7 \u00b5m) and Near-Infrared (1.61 \u00b5m and 2.25 \u00b5m) images along with the VIIRS Active Fires product (above)<\/strong><\/em> showed nighttime visible reflectance and thermal signatures of the numerous wildfires that were burning across Northern California at 1001 UTC or 3:01am PDT on 20 August 2020<\/strong><\/a>. A closer view is available here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n 1-minute\u00a0Mesoscale Domain Sector<\/strong><\/a> GOES-17 (GOES-West)<\/em> Fire Temperature<\/strong><\/a> Red-Green-Blue (RGB) and “Red” Visible\u00a0(0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images (below) <\/strong><\/em>displayed the thermal signatures and smoke plumes associated with the Northern California fires.<\/p>\n GOES-17 Fire Temperature RGB and “Red” Visible\u00a0(0.64 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>GOES-17 True Color RGB images created using Geo2Grid<\/strong><\/a> (below)<\/strong><\/em> provided a closer view of the dense residual smoke and new smoke plumes across Northern California.<\/p>\n<\/a>