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This is a Basic session.

Objectives:


• To review the fire weather forecast


- Requirements of the fire weather forecasts, watches and warnings

- Tools for performing the job

- Unique aspects of the red flag warning


• To learn new techniques for wildland fire detection
- Observation and reporting by spotters / public

- Value added to wildland fire detection using satellite image data - especially RSO


• To work through case studies of wildland fire detection using GOES satellite imagery

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A.) The interactive VISITview training session. (To be used with a VISIT instructor leading the session ). Click here to signup for teletraining. The session will last 75 minutes. This teletraining session uses the VISITview software, where Windows PC with an Internet connection is needed.

B.) Web-based training session - a "stand alone" version viewed via a Web browser, with embedded talking points included. This lesson version may be viewed at any time. These slides are ideal for printing from the web-browser, just print preview first to choose portrait or landscape mode. Best viewed with Internet Explorer or Netscape (prior to version 6).

C.) Web-based Visitview session - This version uses the VISITview software within a Web browser, may be viewed at any time. It retains all the functionality of the VISITview software which you see in a "live" teletraining session. The talking points are not included in this lesson version, but can be viewed in a separate Web browser (or printed out beforehand).

D.) Web-based video training session.

E.) Audio playback - This VISITview file contains recorded audio and annotations and can be taken at anytime. Certificates of completion for NOAA employees can be obtained through your Science Operation Officer or training point of contact. For detailed information on how to view the recorded session click here.

You may either request a DVD (with all VISIT audio playback files) OR download the file (see instructions below):

Create a directory to download the audio playback file (it is about 86 MB in size) from one of the following sites:
ftp://rammftp.cira.colostate.edu/bikos/audio/satfire_audio.exe
OR
ftp://ftp.ssec.wisc.edu/visit/audio/satfire_audio.exe

After extracting the files into that directory click on the visitauto.bat file to start the lesson.

CIRA GOES 3.9 um channel tutorial

2003 Wildfires on the web

COMET Fire Weather Modules at MedEd

Wildfire ABBA Fire Product

SPC Fire Weather Forecasts

National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)

US Drought Monitor

SSD Hazard Mapping System

Real-time MODIS Imagery

NESDIS Fire Products

Firestorm Inducted Tornado page (video mentioned during teletraining session)

Bailey, A.W., and M.L. Anderson, 1980: Fire temperatures in grass, shrub and aspen communities in central Alberta. Journal of Range Management, 33, 37-40.

Dozier, J., 1981: A method for satellite identification of surface temperature fields of sub-pixel resolution. Remote Sensing of Environment, 11, 221 - 229.

Flannigan, M.D., and T.H. Vonder Haar, 1986: Forest fire monitoring using NOAA satellite AVHRR. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 16, 975 - 982.

Hufford, G.L., et. al., 1999: Detection and growth of an Alaskan forest fire using GOES-9 3.9um imagery. Int. J. Wildland Fire, 9(2), 129-136.

Prins, E. M., and W. P. Menzel, 1992: Geostationary satellite detection of biomass burning in South America, Int. J. Remote Sensing, 13, 2783-2799.

Weaver, J.F., J.F.W. Purdom, and T.L. Schneider, 1995: Observing forest fires with the GOES-8, 3.9 µm imaging channel. Wea. Forecasting, 10, 803-808.

Talking points (Word Document) - these may be used by local offices in tandem with the visitview training session (run in local mode - "visitlocal.bat"). The talking points may be printed out to easily review the session in detail at any time. The web page version contains talking points embedded in each slide (useful for printing).

2003

Dan Bikos (970) 491-3777