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Fire Science: Wildfire Monitoring and Prediction


Fire Imaging: Poomacha Fire

Poomacha Fire, San Diego County, CA
13:09 PDT 27 October 2007


As viewed by the FireMapper™ Thermal-Imaging Radiometer

Difficult flying conditions today with low clouds made data collection spotty.
There may be gaps in the firelines due to missing data. The primary fire areas were covered.


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Ground surface temperatures as viewed from above at 8-12 micrometers wavelength on 27 October 2007, between 13:09 and 14:10 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

 

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Weather conditions at time of data collection :
Palomar station PAMC1 from NOAA ROMAN system.

Past Weather Conditions for PAMC1
Observations prior to selected time: October 27, 2007 - 14:00 PDT
Weather Conditions at October 27, 2007 - 13:15 PDT


13:15 24 Hour Max 24 Hour Min
Temperature 64.0° F 74.0 at 14:15 53.0 at 4:15
Dew Point 23.3° F 27.3 at 17:15 15.2 at 23:15
Relative Humidity 21% 25 at 18:15 11 at 14:15
Wind Speed 1 mph from SSE 5 at 14:15 0 at 19:15
Wind Gust 7 mph 13 at 16:15 0 at 9:15
Solar Radiation 214.0 W/m*m 691.0 at 14:15 0.0 at 19:15
Fuel Temperature 69.0° F 87.0 at 14:15 47.0 at 20:15
10 hr Fuel Moisture 6 gm 7 at 10:15 6 at 18:15
Battery voltage 13.30 volt 13.80 at 15:15 12.60 at 2:15

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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