British Columbia CO concentration.

[Gabryel7]

Do anyone know why everyday there's high level of CO in British Columbia and parts of Oregon?

[idefix37]

@gabryel7
The CO concentration in these regions is probably due to wildfires :

In North West America :
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#z:4;c:-108.7,48.0;l:today
In Oregon:
https://projects.oregonlive.com/wildfires/map#5/44.918/-110.522
In British Columbia:
https://governmentofbc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=ef6f11c8c36b42c29e103f65dbcd7538
How to interpret CO layer:
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/global-maps/MOP_CO_M/MOD14A1_M_FIRE

[canimbill]

interesting, today (Dec 23, 2018) shows extreme CO concentration in the southern Cariboo.