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Image shows the midwest and northeastern part of the U.S. and part of Canada covered by smoke from Canadian fires.
A June 2023 image from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GOES-16 satellite shows smoke from wildfires in Canada over the midwest and northeastern regions of the U.S. GOES-16 was the first of four geostationary weather satellites in the GOES-R series. (Image via NOAA)

NOAA teams up with Agriculture, Interior on satellite-powered wildfire detection

Interior and the Forest Service will work with NOAA to use data from a fleet of weather satellites to improve the speed and accuracy of wildfire tracking.
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