Researchers from NASA Langley's Science Directorate jumped into action recently, studying wildfire smoke with EPA partners.
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View and download imagery captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments on NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites. The instruments frequently capture images of wildfires.
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This summer, researchers in Canada used satellites and aircraft to examine the impact of forest fires and smoke on climate.
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NASA Study: Climate Fuels Asian Wildfire Emissions
04.30.09 - Fires in equatorial Asia are growing more frequent and having a serious impact on the air as well as the land.
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CALIPSO Sees Through the Haze
04.22.09 - New research shows that the warming effect of aerosols, or small particles in the air, increases with the amount of cloud cover below the aerosols.
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CALIPSO Finds Smoke at High Altitudes Down Under
03.05.09 - CALIPSO traced vertically through the layers of the atmosphere to study the smoke from Australian bushfires in February.
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NASA Technology Helps Fight California Wildfires
07.16.08 - A remotely piloted aircraft carrying a NASA sensor is helping to fight more than 300 California wildfires.
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NASA Ikhana Imagery of Fire and Smoke
View images of data collected by NASA's unmanned Ikhana aircraft, superimposed over Google Earth terrain data.
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Forest Fire Smoke Plumes Probed
07.03.08 - An international team of fire trackers, weather forecasters and various atmospheric scientists puzzle over computer models, satellite tracks and flight charts to determine how fires age.
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CARB Sniffs the Air Over California as Wild Fires Rage
06.30.08 - In an effort to better understand the chemical nature of smog and greenhouse gases, scientists from the California Air Resources Board, CARB are collaborating with NASA scientists who are flying specially configured aircraft -- the DC-8 and the P-3 -- up and down the California coast this month and over the Central valley at varying altitudes.
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NASA Aircraft Examine Impact of Forest Fires on Arctic Climate
06.12.08 - NASA aircraft will follow the trails of smoke plumes from some of Earth's northernmost forest fires, examining their contribution to arctic pollution.
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Satellites Illuminate Pollution's Influence On Clouds
05.27.08 - Clouds serve a valuable role in Earth's climate, and thanks to A-Train, a closer look at them is possible.
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NASA Satellite Measures Pollution From East Asia to North America
03.17.08 - NASA satellites finds vast quantities of industrial aerosols and smoke from East Asia and Russia travel from one side of the globe to another.
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Central American Fires Impact U.S. Air Quality
10.10.06 - NASA scientists have shown that pollutants from Central American biomass burning can influence air quality and climate in the United States.
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'Imported' Pollution Tied to Poor Air Quality in Texas
09.21.06 - NASA satellites and other data have demonstrated the impact that pollutants traveling even thousands of miles can have on air quality.
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Asian Summer Monsoon Stirred by Dust in the Wind
09.07.06 - Dust in the --- rainfall?
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NASA Explains Puzzling Impact of Polluted Skies on Climate
07.13.06 - NASA studies pollution and its impacts on climate.
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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: NASA Study Shows Global Impacts of Pollution
05.01.06 - Data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder is shedding new light on how natural and human-produced pollutants can have wide-reaching affects on the health of our global village.
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NASA Embarks On International Study Of Air Pollution Flowing Into U.S. From Abroad
03.09.06 - In Mexico City, a team of researchers from NASA and other institutions have kicked off the first phase of one of the most complex field campaigns ever undertaken in atmospheric chemistry.
