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Fire Science: Wildfire Monitoring and Prediction


Fire Imaging
Basin Fire Complex, Monterey County, CA
20:37 PDT 24 June 2008


As viewed by the FireMapper™ Thermal-Imaging Radiometer


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Ground surface temperatures as viewed from above at 11.9 micrometers wavelength on 24 June 2008, between 20:37 and 21:13 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).


Purple is used to show cooling ash but could be associated with bare ground away from fire.


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Firelines

 

 

 

 

Weather conditions at time of data collection :
Big Sur station PPSC1 from NOAA ROMAN system.

Past Weather Conditions for PPSC1
Observations prior to selected time: June 24, 2008 - 21:00 PDT
Weather Conditions at June 24, 2008 - 20:13 PDT


20:13 24 Hour Max 24 Hour Min
Temperature 62.0° F 71.0 at 18:13 44.0 at 2:13
Dew Point 44.7° F 52.6 at 9:13 44.0 at 2:13
Wet Bulb Temperature 52.5° F 58.5 at 12:13 44.0 at 2:13
Relative Humidity 53% 100 at 0:13 45 at 18:13
Wind Speed 2 mph from NE 6 at 12:13 0 at 21:13
Wind Gust 6 mph 14 at 13:13 0 at 1:13
Solar Radiation 23.0 W/m*m 920.0 at 14:13 0.0 at 22:13
Fuel Temperature 62.0° F 81.0 at 13:13 44.0 at 2:13
10 hr Fuel Moisture 12 gm 18 at 5:13 11 at 21:13
Battery voltage 12.80 volt 13.30 at 10:13 12.60 at 3:13

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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