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Fire Science: Wildfire Monitoring and Prediction


Fire Imaging: Butler 2 Fire
Butler 2 Fire, San Bernardino County, CA
14:03 PDT 16 September 2007


As viewed by the FireMapper™ Thermal-Imaging Radiometer


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Ground surface temperatures as viewed from above at 11.9 micrometers wavelength on 16 September 2007, between 14:03 and 14:44 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 cooling ash but could be associated with bare ground away from fire.


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Firelines

 

 

 

Weather conditions at time of data collection :
from NOAA ROMAN system.

Past Weather Conditions for FWSC1
Observations prior to selected time: September 16, 2007 - 15:00 PDT
Weather Conditions at September 16, 2007 - 14:20 PDT


14:20 24 Hour Max 24 Hour Min
Temperature 67.0° F 70.0 at 15:20 44.0 at 22:20
Dew Point 0.9° F 14.4 at 19:20 -35.1 at 4:20
Relative Humidity 7% 22 at 19:20 2 at 4:20
Wind Speed 6 mph from S 8 at 15:20 0 at 8:20
Wind Gust 18 mph 18 at 15:20 5 at 20:20
Solar Radiation 1091.0 W/m*m 1143.0 at 13:20 0.0 at 20:20
Fuel Temperature 84.0° F 85.0 at 12:20 41.0 at 21:20
10 hr Fuel Moisture 5 gm 6 at 20:20 5 at 13:20
Battery voltage 13.70 volt 13.80 at 11:20 12.50 at 7:20

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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