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View the Cedar Fire in Google Earth.
Locations approximate.

 

Entire Northwest Sequence:

View the Cedar Fire Passes 2, 6, 9, 37 and 70 in Google Earth.
Locations approximate.
 

Entire Southwest Sequence:

View the Cedar Fire Passes 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36 and 68/69 in Google Earth.
Locations approximate.
 

Entire Western Sequence:

View the Cedar Fire Passes 6, 9, 17, 31, 29, 26, 25, 51, 59, and 53/54 in Google Earth.
Locations approximate.
   
 
 
   

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Fire Science: Wildfire Monitoring and Prediction


Fire Imaging: Cedar Fire
Cedar Fire, San Diego County, CA
26 October 2003 at 11:34


As viewed by the FireMapper™ Thermal-Imaging Radiometer


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Current Image: Thermal mosaic
Ground surface temperatures as viewed from above at 8-12 micrometers wavelength on 26 October 2003, between 11:34 and 14:40 PDT.

 

Image 1: Thermal Mosaic
Plan view of fire. Warmer tones represent recent or active combustion; areas of light gray are cooling ash or warm bare ground and the low temperatures of unburned forest and cool ground are shown in darker gray (see chart above).


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Northwest set of repeat transects (near Poway)

Image 2: Mosaic Overlay Example
Firespread series: Pass 02 at 11:34


Entire Sequence:
View the Cedar Fire repeat coverage of this area:
Passes 2, 6, 9, 37 and 70.


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Image 2a: Google Earth Overlay
Firespread series: Pass 02 at 11:34


View the Cedar Fire Pass 02 in Google Earth.
Locations approximate.


Entire Sequence:

View the Cedar Fire Passes 2, 6, 9, 37 and 70 in Google Earth.
Locations approximate.

 


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Southwest set of repeat transects (near Miramar)

Image 3: Mosaic Overlay Example
Firespread series: Pass 11 at 12:12


Entire Sequence:
View the Cedar Fire repeat coverage of this area:
Passes 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36 and 68/69.


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Image 3a: Google Earth Overlay
Firespread series: Pass 11 at 12:12


View the Cedar Fire Pass 11 in Google Earth.
Locations approximate.


Entire Sequence:

View the Cedar Fire Passes 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36 and 68/69 in Google Earth.
Locations approximate.


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Eastern front with repeat transects

Image 4: Mosaic Overlay Example
Firespread series: Pass 53, 54 at 18:22

Entire Eastern Sequence:
View the Cedar Fire coverage of this area:
Passes 6, 9, 17, 31, 29, 26, 25, 51, 59, and 53/54


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Image 4a: Google Earth Overlay
Firespread series: Passes 51, 53, 54 at 18:22


View the Cedar Fire Pass 53, 54 in Google Earth.
Locations approximate.


Entire Sequence:

View the Cedar Fire Passes 6, 9, 17, 31, 29, 26, 25, 51, 59, and 53/54 in Google Earth.
Locations approximate.


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Weather conditions at time of data collection :
from NOAA ROMAN system.

ID: JULC1
NAME: JULIAN
LATITUDE: 33.0758
LONGITUDE: -116.5908
ELEVATION: 4240 ft
MNET: RAWS

 

Past Weather Conditions for JULC1
Observations prior to selected time: October 26, 2003 - 22:00 GMT
Weather Conditions at October 26, 2003 - 17:10 GMT

17:10 24 Hour Max 24 Hour Min
Temperature 67.0° F 81.0 at 22:10 59.0 at 2:10
Dew Point 10.8° F 25.1 at 2:10 10.8 at 17:10
Relative Humidity 11% 27 at 2:10 11 at 17:10
Wind Speed 22 mph from E 22 at 17:10 0 at 2:10
Wind Gust 42 mph 42 at 17:10 1 at 6:10
Solar Radiation 598.0 W/m*m 598.0 at 17:10 0.0 at 1:10
Fuel Temperature 71.0° F 93.0 at 22:10 49.0 at 6:10

Precipitation accumulated since midnight: 0.00", in 24 hours: 0.00"

Tabular Listing: October 25, 2003 - 21:00 through October 26, 2003 - 22:00 GMT
Time(GMT) Temperature Dew Relative Wind Wind Wind Quality Solar Precipitation Fuel
Point Humidity Speed Gust Direction check Radiation accumulated Temperature
° F ° F %  mph  mph  W/m*m  in ° F
17:10 67.0 10.8 11 22 42 E OK 598.0 3.97 71.0
16:10 65.0 11.2 12 20 38 E OK 302.0 3.97 67.0
15:10 63.0 13.1 14 17 33 E OK 51.0 3.97 66.0
14:10 60.0 12.2 15 8 21 ENE OK 6.0 3.97 56.0
13:10 61.0 11.5 14 10 23 ENE OK 0.0 3.97 58.0
12:10 62.0 12.3 14 13 36 ENE OK 0.0 3.97 59.0
11:10 64.0 13.9 14 17 35 E OK 0.0 3.97 61.0
10:10 64.0 16.9 16 17 34 E OK 0.0 3.97 61.0
9:10 64.0 18.3 17 11 23 E OK 0.0 3.97 60.0
8:10 65.0 17.7 16 8 26 ENE OK 0.0 3.97 61.0
7:10 63.0 18.8 18 7 16 ENE OK 0.0 3.97 57.0
6:10 59.0 19.1 21 0 1 E OK 0.0 3.97 49.0
5:10 61.0 20.8 21 0 4 SSW OK 0.0 3.97 51.0
4:10 63.0 21.3 20 2 7 ESE OK 0.0 3.97 55.0
3:10 61.0 21.9 22 2 6 E OK 0.0 3.97 52.0
2:10 59.0 25.1 27 0 7 S OK 0.0 3.97 52.0
1:10 68.0 21.6 17 2 9 SE OK 0.0 3.97 61.0
0:10 75.0 22.6 14 4 11 ESE OK 121.0 3.97 80.0
23:10 80.0 22.8 12 7 13 E OK 332.0 3.97 84.0
22:10 81.0 23.6 12 7 19 E OK 525.0 3.97 93.0
21:10 82.0 20.1 10 8 16 E OK 676.0 3.97 96.0


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Forest mapping: 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001


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