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Fire Science: Wildfire Monitoring and Prediction
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Fire Imaging: Rice Fire |
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Rice Fire, San Diego County, CA
15:44 PDT 28 October 2007
As viewed by the FireMapper Thermal-Imaging Radiometer
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Ground surface temperatures as viewed from above at 8-12 micrometers wavelength on 28 October 2007, between 15:44 and 15:59 PDT.
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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).
All temperatures are below 60 C in this image.
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Weather conditions at time of data collection :
Oceanside station KNFG from NOAA ROMAN system. |
Past Weather Conditions for KNFG
Observations prior to selected time: October 28, 2007 - 16:00 PDT
Weather Conditions at October 28, 2007 - 15:56 PDT
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15:56 |
24 Hour Max |
24 Hour Min |
Temperature |
82.0° F |
89.1 at 12:56 |
48.0 at 6:56 |
Dew Point |
50.0° F |
55.9 at 20:56 |
44.1 at 6:56 |
Wet Bulb Temperature |
62.7° F |
65.6 at 13:56 |
46.0 at 6:56 |
Relative Humidity |
33% |
86 at 2:56 |
26 at 12:56 |
Wind Speed |
7 mph from SW |
13 at 14:56 |
0 at 16:56 |
Pressure |
29.96 in |
30.07 at 8:56 |
29.96 at 14:56 |
Sea level pressure |
30.03 in |
30.14 at 8:56 |
30.03 at 15:56 |
Altimeter |
30.04 in |
30.15 at 8:56 |
30.04 at 14:56 |
1500 m Pressure |
25.07in |
25.16 at 8:56 |
25.07 at 14:56 |
Weather conditions |
clear |
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Visibility |
9.00 miles |
10.00 at 18:56 |
9.00 at 16:56 |
Ceiling |
- |
15000 at 17:56 |
10000 at 16:56 |
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