Nebraska Fires

Dawes Complex fire pass 5
Untitled Document
July 30, 2006
Ground surface temperatures as viewed from above at 11.9 micrometers wavelength on 30 July 2006, between 10:11 and 10:17 am CDT.
18 separate digital images from 2 aircraft passes over the eastern end of the Sioux-Dawes Complex (Dawes County) were stitched together on a computer to produce this false-color mosaic. The thermal infra-red sensor used to collect this data records the amount of energy radiated from the surface, producing a temperature map of the bare ground, vegetation, and ash layers. In this late morning image, the cooler unburned vegetation and the still-warm ash layer are gray to tan, the hotspots are red, and areas of flaming combustion are orange.
External link to thermal fire imaging information:
FireImaging.com

Dawes Complex pass 4
Untitled Document
July 30, 2006
Ground surface temperatures as viewed from above at 11.9 micrometers wavelength on 30 July 2006, between 10:11 and 10:17 am CDT.
41 separate digital images from 2 aircraft passes over the eastern end of the Sioux-Dawes Complex (Dawes County) were stitched together on a computer to produce this false-color mosaic. The thermal infra-red sensor used to collect this data records the amount of energy radiated from the surface, producing a temperature map of the bare ground, vegetation, and ash layers. In this late morning image, the cooler unburned vegetation and the still-warm ash layer are gray to tan, the hotspots are red, and areas of flaming combustion are orange.
External link to thermal fire imaging information:
FireImaging.com