Los Angeles fires seen from space.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1993Description: 3 pSubject: The fires of April 30, 1992, started as a result of the verdict in the Rodney King case, were of sufficient intensity and extent to be imaged at 1 kilometre resultion by the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) aboard a polar orbiting satellite operated by NOAA. The 3.7 mum thermal infrared images produced correspond closely to the areas where fires were reported. The data is analysed in terms of pixel brightness and the extreme sensitivity of the 3.7 mum channel. The article finally suggests that the use of real-time AVHRR imagery would be invaluable in assisting fire-fighting efforts at major disasters
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Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 621.3678 LOS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 005727401 |
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Reprinted from Eos; 1993; Vol. 74; No. 3; p. 33, 37-38
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The fires of April 30, 1992, started as a result of the verdict in the Rodney King case, were of sufficient intensity and extent to be imaged at 1 kilometre resultion by the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) aboard a polar orbiting satellite operated by NOAA. The 3.7 mum thermal infrared images produced correspond closely to the areas where fires were reported. The data is analysed in terms of pixel brightness and the extreme sensitivity of the 3.7 mum channel. The article finally suggests that the use of real-time AVHRR imagery would be invaluable in assisting fire-fighting efforts at major disasters
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