@ABraun Sentinel 2 satellite images of California wildfires sparked by lightning strikes are getting rave reviews from Fishermen and Fisher-women on the Coastside Fishing forum who operate commercial and charter boats out of San Francisco, Bodega Bay and Half Moon Bay as you can see in this thread 157 views in 4 days is pretty amazing for a topic. https://forums.coastsidefishingclub.com/threads/esa-copernicus-sentinel-2-satellite-images-california-central-valley-fires.73269/
I can tell from the email thread I use to communicate with the California water policy wonks they are amazed also at the Sentinel 2 images but some are challenging my algal bloom concerns and we break off the thread and have a separate conversation. The USA Environmental Protection Agency has no drinking water standards for Cyanobacteria so regulatory agencies say they can’t do anything, Use to be Clear Lake in California was the poster child for algal blooms. This past week as you can see in this photo Lake Berryessa was completely encircled by fire and I would guess when we can see through the smoke a lot of red phosphorous rich fire retardant was dumped on its watershed so once we get some rains I expect Lake Berryessa to light up with chlorophyll absorption when I run Sentinel 2 images through the C2RCC processor that you turned me onto. I will be watching it. I am retired they cannot fire me. Leland
