Pacific Southwest Research Station
800 Buchanan Street
West Annex Building
Albany, CA 94710-0011
(510) 559-6300
Fire Science
Forest mortality mapping
Moonridge
Eastern San Bernardino mountains
23 June 2008
As viewed by the FireMapper remote-sensing system
in reflected red, near-InfraRed and thermal-InfraRed light
Images were collected from the PSW Airborne Sciences Aircraft
Thematic Maps
Classifications
Dead trees shown in red;
open large map to view all 4 layers- Live Forest
Areas with No Vegetation Percent Dead per Canopy
Percent Dead per 24 meter Block
The red data points are surrounded by areas of white, which are areas of the image that were not processed for dead canopy.
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.
Disclaimer: Trade names, commercial products, and enterprises
are mentioned solely for information. No endorsement by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture is implied.