The Aerosol data product containing measurements of UV-absorbing tropospheric aerosols from all four NASA TOMS instruments (from Nimbus-7 & Meteor-3 using measured 340nm and 380nm radiances and produced from ADEOS and Earth Probe TOMS using the 331 and 360 nm wavelength channels) can be used to generate daily global maps of these particles. Both the most current and archived images for SMOKE from all sources can be seen at this site.

The images repesent SMOKE from a variety of ground based sources, such as biomass burning whether naturally occuring or caused by the agriculture, oil industy fires or industrial smoke. TOMS detects smoke particles regardless of source or season and is reliable over land or water.

The Recent Smoke Images

• A catalog of images showing smoke in the US over central Florida.
• A catalog of images from Earth Probe TOMS showing smoke from the fires in Central and North America.
• A catalog of images from Earth Probe TOMS showing smoke from the fires in Indonesia, Borneo, and other areas in the South Pacific.
• A catalog of images from Canadian Forest Fires during the the summer of 1998.
• A catalog of images showing smoke from fires in South America.
• A catalog of images showing smoke from fires in eastern Russia and across the Sea of Japan.

For more information, contact Dr. Jay Herman, the Principal Investigator for TOMS aerosol and UVB research.