CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES 2017 MAP FULL

The image contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017), processed by ESA and analyzed by the NASA-JPL/Caltech ARIA team. Sentinel-1 data were accessed through the Copernicus Open Access Hub. This damage proxy map should be used as guidance to identify damaged areas and may be less reliable over vegetated areas. Preliminary validation was done by comparing the map to optical satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe. The color variation from yellow to red indicates increasingly more significant ground surface change. Each pixel measures about 98 feet (30 meters) across. The inset figure at the top shows a small part of the map covering damage in the city of Santa Rosa, indicated by red and yellow pixels.

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES 2017 MAP FULL

The damage proxy map covers the full area within the large red polygon at the bottom and measures 155 by 106 miles (250 by 170 kilometers). 2) show that the region north of San Francisco is characterized by a collection of ridges generally oriented northwest to southeast, with the.

According to the Los Angeles Times, at least 17 people had been killed as of October 11, and thousands of homes and other infrastructureincluding cell phone towers used by the state’s emergency serviceshad. The map is derived from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images taken before and after this month's northern California fires by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites, operated by ESA (the European Space Agency). Under the driving force of fierce winds, deadly wildfires exploded across northern California in the second week of October 2017.

California wildfires 2017 map