Old Fire, San Bernardino NF
27 October 2003
As viewed by the FireMapper
Thermal-Imaging Radiometer
Images were collected from the PSW Airborne
Sciences Aircraft and disseminated in part by satellite
communications in near-real time. FireMapper measures the
radiance of emitted thermal-infrared light, which readily
penetrates smoke. False-color images shown here depict
the apparent surface temperature (in Celsius) as estimated
from
radiance and a simple black-body model. Warmer tones represent
recent or active combustion; areas of gray are cooling
ash
or warm bare ground (see chart below). Low temperatures
of unburned forest and cool ground are shown in green.
Images have been geographically referenced. Vertical exaggeration
in 3-d views is 1.5 to one unless otherwise noted.
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Fire Area Map
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Fire Imagery
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The following color-coded images depict apparent ground surface temperatures
in Celsius. Roads, streams, and the text in the background are from
a 1:250,000 topographic map.
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Note:
These images were collected by sensors in a small aircraft
flying in turbulent Santa Ana wind conditions, and slight
shifts and rotations between images is to be expected.
When the individual images are spliced together into a
larger mosaic, errors in edge matching may result in duplication
of some points near the seam, and the loss of others in
the overlap area.
Do not depend on these images for accurate fireline locations.
Use the map backgrounds as a general location guide, and
look for recognizable terrain features or landmarks on
the imagery itself for relative positioning of hotspots.
Bodies of water, street grids, open fields, highways, ridgelines
and stream courses show up well in this imagery.
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Image 1: Multi-pass
mosaic
Ground surface temperatures as viewed from above at 11.9 micrometers wavelength
on 27 October 2003, between 3:27 and 4:04 PM PST.
Link
to download full-resolution thermal data in geoTIFF zip file.
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Image 2: Detail
Ground surface temperatures as viewed from above at 11.9 micrometers wavelength
on 27 October 2003, between 3:27 and 4:04 PM PST.
Area west of Cedarpines Park, with color vegetation image for
background.
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Image 3: Detail
Ground surface temperatures as viewed from above at 11.9 micrometers wavelength
on 27 October 2003, between 3:27 and 4:04 PM PST.
Area near Crestline, with color vegetation image for background.
Fire in Arrowhead Highlands.
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Image 4: Perspective
Topographic view as seen from the west of Image 1.
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Narrative
from the INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT
OCTOBER 27, 2003 - 0800 MDT. (Courtesy of www.nifc.gov.)
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OLD, San Bernardino National Forest. A transfer of command from Walker’s
Type 2 Incident
Management Team to Mortier’s Type 1 Incident Management Team will occur
today. This fire is in
chaparral on the north side of San Bernardino, CA. Structure protection is in
place for numerous
residences and commercial properties. Extreme wind-driven fire behavior with
spotting was
observed. Evacuation of the north end of San Bernardino continues. |
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