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View the Esperanza Fire in Google Earth.
Locations approximate.

 
 
 
   

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Fire Science: Wildfire Monitoring and Prediction


Fire Imaging: Esperanza Fire
Esperanza Fire, Riverside County, CA
26 October 2006


As viewed by the FireMapper™ Thermal-Imaging Radiometer


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Current Image: Thermal mosaic
Ground surface temperatures as viewed from above at 8-12 micrometers wavelength on 26 October 2006, between 13:02 and 13:26 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 very warm ground that may or may not be fire-related. Purple pixels immediately adjacent to red pixels can be interpreted to be cooling ash; purple pixels far from any red pixels may be interpreted as solar heating on bare rock.


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Image 2: Mosaic Overlay
Topographic view from the east.

No vertical exaggeration.


View the Esperanza Fire in Google Earth.
Locations approximate.


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Weather conditions at time of data collection :
from NOAA ROMAN system.
BEAUMONT
Observation Time: 10/26/06 @ 13:10 PDT       Elevation: 2680 ft.
For more info: BEAUMONT (BNTC1)   OK
Temperature:    70 °F
Dew Point: 0 °F
Humidity: 6 %
Wind: E at 17 MPH
Peak Gust:    34 MPH
 
24 Hour Max/Min Events
Max Temperature: 81 °F
Min Temperature: 55 °F
Max RH: 75 %
Min RH: 5 %
Max Dew Point: 50 °F
Min Dew Point: -12 °F
Max Gust: 39 MPH

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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