Objective: The National Science Foundation's C130 Hercules aircraft flew over wildfires in the western U.S. to develop techniques for observing and modeling forest fires.

Observing Facilities Advisory Panel (OFAP) Proposal

Participants

Instruments

Flights

• September 3, 1998 - Test flight: prescribed grass fire in Boulder County set by Boulder Fire Department.
• September 4, 1998 - The Challenge Fire (Flathead National Forest, Kalispell, MT) and several prescribed natural burns within and near Glacier National Park.
• September 16, 1998- The Bear Trap Fire, Beaverhead/Deerlodge National Forest, MT) and grass fires near Buffalo Bill Reservoir, WY, and Meeteetse, WY.
• September 28, 1998- Prescribed fire near Dunlap, CO.
• September 29, 1998- Prescribed fire near Salida, CO.
• October 6, 1998 -The Edna wildfire complex near Banning, CA, burned 18000 acres under Santa Ana winds. 

UCAR Press Release