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Fire Science

Wildfire Monitoring and Prediction
Fire Imaging


Post-fire Mapping
Old
Fire, San Bernardino NF
5 November 2003

As viewed by the FireMapper™ system
in reflected red, near-InfraRed and thermal-InfraRed light

Images were collected from the PSW Airborne Sciences Aircraft flying over the area near Lake Arrowhead.


Post-Fire Imagery Area Map

 


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Post-Fire Imagery Mosaic


View the false-color image in Google Earth.

 


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Post-fire Imagery


In the following false-color images healthy vegetation appears green and recently killed conifers appear orange. Sun-warmed rooftops appear blue. The ash layer from the Old Fire is visible in dark shades of blue and magenta.
(These RGB images depict reflected red light at 650 nm in red, reflected near-IR light at 850 nm in green, and emitted thermal-IR light at 10.5 um in blue.)

   

Image 1:
Urban forest of the Cedar Glen area near Lake Arrowhead. This RGB image was acquired at 10:33 am, 5 November 2003.

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Maximum resolution is 1.5 meters.

   

Image 2:
City Creek area below Running Springs. This RGB image was acquired at 10:33 am, 5 November 2003.

Old Fire scar


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Image 2a:
Ground surface temperatures as viewed from above at 11.9 micrometers wavelength on 6 September 2003, between 16:00 and 16:12 PM PDT.
Fresh ash is the lighter gray area in the center of the image; unburned vegetation is shown in darker shades of gray.

Bridge Fire scar


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Image 3:
Ground surface temperatures

Blue Cut Fire scar


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Image 3a:

Blue Cut Fire scar


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Image 4:
Arrowhead Springs area below Rimforest. This RGB image was acquired at 10:33 am, 5 November 2003.

Old Fire scar


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Image 4a:
Landsat image from 2002 shows the ash layer from the June 1 to 7 Arrowhead Fire.

Arrowhead Fire scar


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Links


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.
Disclaimer: Trade names, commercial products, and enterprises are mentioned solely for information. No endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture is implied.
 

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