{"id":53472,"date":"2023-07-15T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=53472"},"modified":"2023-07-18T15:59:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T15:59:43","slug":"canadian-wildfire-smoke-across-the-north-central-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/53472","title":{"rendered":"Canadian wildfire smoke across the North Central US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/goeseast_abi_radc_true_color_night_s20230715130117_e20230716000117_f133.mp4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/goeseast_abi_radc_true_color_night_20230715230117.png\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 True Color RGB images [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>GOES-16 <em>(GOES-East)<\/em> True Color RGB images from the <a href=\"https:\/\/geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu\/#playing:true;coordinate:0,0;num_frames:40;\"><strong>CSPP GeoSphere<\/strong><\/a> site <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> showed dense smoke from Canadian wildfires as it moved across much of the North Central US on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/dailywxmap\/index_20230715.html\"><strong>15 July 2023<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>GOES-16 Visible images with\/without an overlay of the <a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_BaselineAerosolOpticalDepth.pdf\"><strong>Aerosol Optical Depth<\/strong><\/a> (AOD) derived product is shown below &#8212; hourly Ceiling\/Visibility observations indicted that the smoke reduced surface visibility to 1-3 miles at several sites. AOD values were quite high, reaching the 2.0-3.0 range in the most dense portions of the smoke pall.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 1725px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/230715_goes16_visible_aerosolOpticalDepth_North_Central_US_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/mw_obs-20230715_160117.png\" width=\"1715\" height=\"830\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 Visible images with\/without an overlay of the Aerosol Optical Depth derived product, and hourly Ceiling\/Visibility observations plotted in yellow [click to play animated GIF | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/230715_goes16_visible_aerosolOpticalDepth_North_Central_US_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>A plot of lidar backscatter (<a href=\"http:\/\/hsrl.ssec.wisc.edu\/by_site\/6\/2023\/07\/15\/pm\/#bscat_depol\"><strong>source<\/strong><\/a>) at Madison, Wisconsin <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> showed that dense smoke extended to altitudes around 4.0-4.5 km (13,000-15,000 feet) during much of the day.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 1266px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/230715_Madison_WI_lidar_backscatter.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/230715_Madison_WI_lidar_backscatter.png\" width=\"1256\" height=\"677\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lidar backscatter at Madison, Wisconsin from 1200 UTC on 15 July to 0000 UTC on 16 July [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>A few notable Pilot Reports regarding the smoke are shown below:<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/230715_1401utc_goes16_visible_aerosolOpticalDepth_pilotReport_IA.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/230715_1401utc_goes16_visible_aerosolOpticalDepth_pilotReport_IA.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pilot Report indicating a Flight Visibility of 3 statute miles due to haze, at an altitude of 10,000 feet over Iowa [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/230715_1506utc_goes16_visible_aerosolOpticalDepth_pilotReport_NE.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/230715_1506utc_goes16_visible_aerosolOpticalDepth_pilotReport_NE.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pilot Report indicating the top of the smoke layer was at 18,000 feet over Nebraska [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/230715_1541utc_goes16_visible_aerosolOpticalDepth_pilotReport_IA.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/230715_1541utc_goes16_visible_aerosolOpticalDepth_pilotReport_IA.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pilot Report indicating a Flight Visibility of 2 statute miles due to smoke, at an altitude of 6,000 feet over Iowa [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/230715_1641utc_goes16_visible_aerosolOpticalDepth_pilotReport_WI.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/230715_1641utc_goes16_visible_aerosolOpticalDepth_pilotReport_WI.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pilot Report indicating thick smoke at an altitude of 5,500 feet over Wisconsin, requiring a change to a lower altitude of 3,500 feet [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/230715_1751utc_goes16_visible_aerosolOpticalDepth_pilotReport_IA.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/230715_1751utc_goes16_visible_aerosolOpticalDepth_pilotReport_IA.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pilot Report indicating a Flight Visibility of 1 statute mile due to smoke, at an altitude of 3,500 feet over Iowa [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/230715_2221utc_goes16_visible_aerosolOpticalDepth_pilotReport_SD.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/07\/230715_2221utc_goes16_visible_aerosolOpticalDepth_pilotReport_SD.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pilot Report indicating a Flight Visibility of 0 statute miles, at an altitude of 7,000 feet over Iowa [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOES-16 (GOES-East) True Color RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (above) showed dense smoke from Canadian wildfires as it moved across much of the North Central US on 15 July 2023. GOES-16 Visible images with\/without an overlay of the Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) derived product is shown below &#8212; hourly Ceiling\/Visibility observations indicted that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":53475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,21,74,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-air-quality","category-aviation","category-goes-16","category-redgreenblue-rgb-images"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53472"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53523,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53472\/revisions\/53523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}