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Cedar Creek Fire in Oregon

By Scott Bachmeier •

GOES-18 Day Land Cloud Fire RGB (top left), GOES-18 Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm, top right), GOES-17 Fire Power (bottom left) and GOES-17 Fire Temperature (bottom right) [click to play animated GIF | MP4]

GOES-18 (GOES-West) Day Land Cloud Fire RGB and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images along with GOES-17 Fire Power and Fire Temperature products (above) displayed characteristics associated with the Cedar Creek Fire in Oregon on 02 September 2022. The peak 3.9 µm infrared brightness temperature reached 137.88ºC, with Fire Power values exceeding 2000 MW and Fire Temperature values exceeding 1200 K. The Fire Power and Fire Temperature products are components of the Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm (FDCA).

GOES-18 True Color RGB images created using CSPP GeoSphere (below) showed the large smoke plume produced by this wildfire, which spread north-northeastward across Washington State during the day.

GOES-18 True Color RGB images [click to play MP4 animation]

Categories: Fire detection, GOES-17, GOES-18, Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images