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 Piper Navajo remote sensing aircraft

Fire Science

Wildfire Monitoring and Prediction
Vegetation Mapping

 

Vegetation mortality survey,
San Bernardino National Forest
27 May 2003


As viewed by the FireMapper™ system
in reflected red, near-IR, and thermal IR frequencies

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



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Location Map:

Shaded relief map of the Silverwood Lake, Lake Arrowhead, Keller Peak, North San Bernardino, Hamilton Mountain area. Color overlay shows area of processed imagery.



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Image 1:
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Healthy vegetation is bright green; stressed or dying vegetation is orange-brown in this false-color depiction.

 

(This RGB image shows reflected red light at 650 nm in red, reflected NIR at 850 nm in green, and thermal IR at 10.5 um in blue.)

   

Image 2:
Image of area near Cedarpines Park.

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Healthy vegetation is bright green; stressed or dying vegetation is orange-brown in this false-color depiction.

 

(This RGB image shows reflected red light at 650 nm in red, reflected NIR at 850 nm in green, and thermal IR at 10.5 um in blue.)

   
   

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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