NOAA Daily Operational Significant Events Support Report 1 Aug 2003
You can access this directory through the “Current” button in the navigation bar of the web site.
Satellite information that appears in filenames below:
G12 – GOES-12
G10 – GOES-10
G9 – GOES-9
MT – METEOSAT
N5 – NOAA-15 (AVHRR)
N6 – NOAA-16 (AVHRR)
N7 – NOAA-17 (AVHRR)
MO – MODIS
The following categories of significant events were searched for in imagery available in the
Satellite Services Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
1. Fires – see below [Montana, Idaho, Canada]
2. Floods – no imagery posted
3. Tropical Systems – no imagery posted
4. Volcanoes – no imagery posted
5. Ocean – no imagery posted
6. Ice – no imagery posted
7. Dust Storms – no imagery posted
8. Storms – no imagery posted
9. Severe – no imagery posted
10. Snow – no imagery posted
11. Unique – no imagery posted
Significant events identified by Satellite Analysis Branch meteorologists and reviewed by the
Operational Significant Event Imagery support team Friday, August 1, 2003 are as follows:
FIRE IN IDAHO
IMAGE D21201: NOAA-16 HRPT> Channels 3, 2, 1<> 07/31/2003 20:31 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<>Idaho
Heat signatures and smoke plumes (light blue haze) are visible from fires burning in Idaho. The
Hot Creek Fire has scorched 23,761 acres in Boise National Forest. The North Fork Lick Fire
(250 acres) and the Rainbow Fire (107 acres) have burned parts of Payette National Forest. The
Slims Fire (7,200 acres) and the Shasta Fire (183 acres) have charred sections of Nez Perce
National Forest. This information is from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Incident
Management Situation Report from August 1, 2003.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (420K) formats.
Preview (500X428):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Northwest/2003/FSMHSusID213_N6L.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Northwest/2003/FSMHSusID213_N6L.jpg
Standard (1020X874):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Northwest/2003/FSMHSusID213_N6.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Northwest/2003/FSMHSusID213_N6.jpg
FIRES IN MONTANA AND ALBERTA, CANADA
IMAGE D21302: NOAA-16 HRPT> Channels 3, 2, 1<> 07/31/2003 20:31 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<> Montana and Alberta, Canada
Heat signatures and smoke plumes (light blue haze) are visible from fires burning in Montana
and Alberta, Canada. The Wedge Canyon (22,000 acres) and the Robert Fire (19,000 acres) are
burning in Flathead National Forest. The Trapper Complex Fire has scorched 19,000 acres in
Glacier National Park. This information is from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Incident
Management Situation Report from August 1, 2003.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (476K) formats.
Preview (500X418):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Northwest/2003/FSMHSusMT213_N6L.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Northwest/2003/FSMHSusMT213_N6L.jpg
Standard (1020X852):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Northwest/2003/FSMHSusMT213_N6.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Northwest/2003/FSMHSusMT213_N6.jpg
FIRES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALBERTA, CANADA
IMAGE D21303: NOAA-16 HRPT> Channels 3, 2, 1<> 07/31/2003 20:31 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<> British Columbia and Alberta, Canada
Heat signatures and smoke plumes (light blue haze) are visible from fires burning in British
Columbia and Alberta, Canada.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (412K) formats.
Preview (500X383):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/CAN_Bcol/2003/FSMHScan213_N6L.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/CAN_Bcol/2003/FSMHScan213_N6L.jpg
Standard (1020X780):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/CAN_Bcol/2003/FSMHScan213_N6.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/CAN_Bcol/2003/FSMHScan213_N6.jpg
The NOAA Operational Significant Event Imagery Support Team
Interactive Processing Branch, (E/SP22)
tel: (301) 763-8142
fax: (301) 899-9196
If you have any questions or comments, please contact the appropriate OSEI scientist:
George Stephens, Hydrologist, OSEI Team Leader
[OSEI questions / comments, OSEI product creation, Image processing, OSEI dust event contact,
OSEI fire event contact, OSEI snow cover event contact, OSEI volcanic event contact]
George.Stephens@noaa.gov
(301) 763-8142 X129
Ralph Meiggs, Physical Scientist
[OSEI questions / comments, Image processing, OSEI ocean event contact, OSEI ice event
contact, OSEI GIS product contact]
Ralph.E.Meiggs@noaa.gov
(301) 763-8142 X137
William Tseng, Oceanographer
[OSEI questions / comments, Image processing, OSEI ocean event contact, OSEI ice event
contact]
William.Tseng@noaa.gov
(301) 763-8142 X124
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)
