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Yellowstone NP - October 11, 2006 (night IR)

Yellowstone NP - October 12, 2006

Yellowstone NP - October 12, 2006 (night IR)

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Mammoth Geyser Basin in Yellowstone NP on the night of October 11, 2006 As viewed by the FireMapper™ system in Thermal-Infrared light
Click on the image above to view a larger Zoomify (JPEG) image with 2 meter resolution (opens a new browser window) Images were collected from the PSW Airborne Sciences Aircraft flying over the area of the Mammoth Geyser Basin at 19:30 MDT.

Image 1: Image mosaic from Mammoth Geyser Basin. The mean surface temperature was just above freezing, 30 C is the break between the purple and the dark red and 75 C is the top of the red scale. Download this image as a 2 meter-resolution TIFF.	Click on the image above to view the full-resolution image (opens a new browser window)

Weather conditions at time of data collection : from NOAA ROMAN system.	THRW4 Observations prior to selected time: October 11, 2006 - 18:00 MDT Weather Conditions at October 11, 2006 - 17:10 MDT 17:10 24 Hour Max 24 Hour Min Temperature 43.0° F 45.0 at 13:10 32.0 at 23:10 Dew Point 26.1° F 27.2 at 6:10 22.7 at 12:10 Relative Humidity 51% 79 at 6:10 45 at 13:10 Wind Speed 3 mph from WSW 12 at 15:10 0 at 23:10 Wind Gust 23 mph 26 at 14:10 8 at 21:10 Solar Radiation 125.0 W/mm 784.0 at 11:10 0.0 at 19:10 Fuel Temperature 44.0° F 52.0 at 13:10 31.0 at 22:10 10 hr Fuel Moisture 15 gm 16 at 18:10 15 at 13:10 Battery voltage 13.50 volt 13.60 at 11:10 12.60 at 6:10 Precipitation accumulated since midnight: 0.00", in 24 hours: 0.00" BURRO HILL* Observation Time: 10/11/06 @ 18:40 MDT Elevation: 7166 ft. For more info: BURRO HILL (ERAW4) OK Temperature: 44 °F Dew Point: 25 °F Humidity: 46 % Wind: NW at 6 MPH Peak Gust: 20 MPH 24 Hour Max/Min Events Max Temperature: 54 °F Min Temperature: 33 °F Max RH: 88 % Min RH: 38 % Max Dew Point: 32 °F Min Dew Point: 25 °F Max Gust: 22 MPH

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