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View the Esperanza Fire in Google Earth.
Locations approximate.

 
 
 
 
 
 
   

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Fire Science: Wildfire Monitoring and Prediction


Fire Imaging: Esperanza Fire
Esperanza Fire, Riverside County, CA
28 October 2006


As viewed by the FireMapper™ Thermal-Imaging Radiometer


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Current Image: False-color mosaic
This RGB image shows reflected red light at 650 nm in red, reflected NIR at 850 nm in green, and thermal IR at 8 - 12 um in blue as viewed from above on 28 October 2006, between 14:10 and 15:25 PDT.

 

Image 1: False-color mosaic
Plan view of fire. Ash layers from recent fires are shown in shades of blue and purple.


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Image 2: Mosaic Overlay
Topographic view from the south. Ash layers from recent fires are shown in shades of blue and purple.

No vertical exaggeration.


View the Esperanza Fire in Google Earth.
Locations approximate.


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Archives of past fires: 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001


Forest mapping: 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001


FireMapper™ Specifications: Instrument

FireMapper™ References: Publications

FireMapper™ Tools- image analysis software: ftp downloads page

For Further Information: contact Dr. Philip J. Riggan

 

FireMapper™ has been developed through a Research Joint Venture with Space Instruments, Inc., and support from the National Fire Plan, Forest Service International Programs, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Joint Fire Sciences Program, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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