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Fire Science

Wildfire Monitoring and Prediction
Multi-spectral Imaging

 

 
National Wildlife Refuge survey,
Tijuana Slough, San Diego
5 October 2005


As viewed by the FireMapper™ system
in reflected red, near-IR, and thermal IR frequencies

Images were collected from the PSW Airborne Sciences Aircraft flying over the area near San Ysidro.

 

Multi-spectral false-color image:


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View a reduced-resolution version of this Tijuana Slough image as a Google Earth overlay.


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  Border Field State Park, the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, and the Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge are all located near the mouth of the Tijuana River in San Diego County.

 

 

Location Map:

Plan view during during day (1:12 pm).


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Healthy vegetation is bright green; stressed or dying vegetation is yellow-brown in this false-color depiction.

(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. )

 

 

 

Image 1:

Thermal IR view during day (1:12 pm).


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Image 2:

Thermal IR view during night (8:17 pm).


View a full-resolution version of this Tijunana Slough image as a Google Earth overlay.

 


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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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