Envirocast Media Update for Monday, September 16, 2003

Envirocast^TM TV for Monday, September 16, 2003

Wildfires in Oregon Update #4

Background

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The B & B Complex (Deschutes National Forest) which has burnt 90,769 acres is 87 percent contained. Containment is expected by Friday, September 19.

The images to the right were taken by the MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard NASA's Aqua satellite. They show the B&B wildfire complex in northwest Oregon on September 4, 2003. The fires are artificially marked with yellow in these images.

The northern most fire is the Bear Butte Fire & the southern fire is the Booth Fire.

The images from September 4 are repeated below, along with images from August 20, 21, 24 and 27. Note the shift in wind direction between August 20 and 21, as indicated by the drift of the smoke plumes.

The animation above shows how you can use the images below in your weathercast to show the evolution of this fire. Save each of the still images at the appropriate resolution for your system (either 720x486 or 640x480) and dissolve from one to another in sequence to achieve the above effect.

	Full Annotations	Limited Annotations	No Annotations
Sept. 4	720x486 640x480	720x486 640x480	720x486 640x480
Aug. 27	720x486 640x480	720x486 640x480	720x486 640x480
Aug. 24	720x486 640x480	720x486 640x480	720x486 640x480
Aug. 21	720x486 640x480	720x486 640x480	720x486 640x480
Aug. 20	720x486 640x480	720x486 640x480	720x486 640x480

	Image NTSC 720x486 030908_13_tva.jpg shows the wildfires in Oregon on Sept. 4, with full annotations.
	Image NTSC 720x486 030908_14_tva.jpg is the save as above, with limited annotations.
	Image NTSC 720x486 030908_15_tva.jpg is the same as above, with no annotations.

	Image NTSC 640x480 030908_13_tvb.jpg shows the wildfires in Oregon on Sept. 4, with full annotations.
	Image NTSC 640x480 030908_14_tvb.jpg is the same as above, with limited annotations.
	Image NTSC 640x480 030908_15_tvb.jpg is the same as above, with no annotations.
Related Envirocast^TM TV Updates: August 28, 2003 August 27, 2003 August 22, 2003

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