Earth ID: 2845

Southern California Fires, October 27, 2003 (Fire Pixels Included)

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on October 28, 2003

This visualization shows the Southern California and Mexican fires as seen by Aqua/MODIS on October 27, 2003. This version included red fire pixels to display each incident fire.

This animation zooms down to San Diego, California on October 27, 2003. Red fire pixels have been laid on top of the Aqua-MODIS image to show the start of each incident fire.

This image shows San Diego, California on October 27, 2003. Red fire pixels have been laid on top of the Aqua-MODIS image to show the start of each incident fire.

Visualization Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Vincent Salomonson (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Original Images provided by MODIS Rapid Response Team (http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov )

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Data Used:

Aqua/MODIS

2003/10/27

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Fires

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Forestry
SVS >> Los Angeles
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> San Diego
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Biosphere >> Ecological Dynamics >> Fire Occurrence
GCMD >> Location >> Mexico
GCMD >> Location >> California
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0