FROSTFIRE Aircraft Observations

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS DURING FROSTFIRE

The U.S.D.A. Forest Service's Piper Navajo was instrumented with both infrared and visible videocameras, operated by Terry Clark, as well as a 4-channel visible-infrared scanner, run by Bob Higgins (USDA Forest Service, Riverside Fire Laboratory). A GPS system, operated by Larry Radke, recorded the aircraft's location during all flights, allowing us to pinpoint fire features.

Click here to see a sequence of images from NCAR's Thermacam during a crown fire escape across a firebreak.

NCAR investigators Larry Radke and Terry Clark.

Navajo pilots Rick Haagenson and Bob Lamar at daily briefing.

The U.S.D.A. Forest Service Piper Navajo at Ft. Wainwright in Fairbanks, AK.

Navajo view of blacklining on Helmer's Ridge.

Pyrocumulus from the FROSTFIRE burn.

Last Modified: 18 May 2000