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Fire Science: Wildfire Monitoring and Prediction
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Fire Imaging |
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Comanche Fire, Kern County, CA
12 September 2011 between 12:34 and 13:08 PDT
As viewed by the FireMapper Thermal-Imaging Radiometer
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Ground surface temperatures as viewed from above at 8-12 micrometers wavelength in the thermal infrared. |
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Image 1: Thermal Mosaic
Plan view of fire. Warmer tones (red, orange, yellow) 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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Weather conditions at time of data collection :
Tehachapi station TMNC1; data from NOAA ROMAN system. |
Past Weather Conditions for Tehachapi
Most Recent Observations at September 11, 2011 - 11:53 PDT
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11:53 |
24 Hour Max |
24 Hour Min |
Temperature |
72.0° F |
72.0 at 11:53 |
47.0 at 6:53 |
Dew Point |
29.9° F |
51.5 at 16:53 |
29.9 at 11:53 |
Relative Humidity |
21% |
97 at 4:53 |
21 at 11:53 |
Wind Speed |
4 mph from SSE |
6 at 12:53 |
0 at 19:53 |
Wind Gust |
13 mph |
15 at 10:53 |
1 at 21:53 |
Fuel Temperature |
85.0° F |
85.0 at 11:53 |
44.0 at 6:53 |
10 hr Fuel Moisture |
11 gm |
23 at 7:53 |
10 at 15:53 |
Battery voltage |
13.70 volt |
14.40 at 12:53 |
12.60 at 5:53 |
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