 29 August 2007 - Second Mission of Western States UAV Fire Imaging Mission Series The second mission occurred on 29-30 August 2007 with a UAV launch from NASA-Dryden Flight Research Center at approximately 2:35 PM PDT (Aug 29th). The mission was flown at ~25,000 feet altitude in the National Airspace (NAS). The flight profile for the mission focused on fires in to Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming to suppor t 6-fires in that region. The fires supported included the Jackrabbit (CA), Trapper Ridge (ID), Castle Rock (ID), WH Fire (ID), Columbine (WY), Hardscrabble (MT), and Granite Creek (MT). The route then returned along the outgoing path over the same fires. Mission endurance was ~16.5 hours, with the Ikhana landing at ~6:35 AM on August 30, 2007 at NASA-DFRC. During the mission, the Ikhana asked for and received a divert: for weather to avoid storm cells over eastern Nevada. The aircraft therefore diverted east, through Utah. During the entirety of the mission the Ikhana operated in the NAS over the following states: California, Nev ada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. The primary fire data collection was for the Castle Rock Complex (ID) because of it's proximity to Ketchum, ID populated areas and a project team member was at the IC to coordinate our mission data ingestion. The following graphics were derived from the second mission, and include those for the Castle Rock Comple x and the Columbine Fire (Yellowstone NP, WY). The mission data sets can be viewed in their entirety through the Collaborative Decision Environment (CDE), using t he GoogleEarth visualization client. The data sets collected over the fires are saved in Western States Fire Mission / Wildfire Sensor Data / Previous Mission s / Sensor Images / Previous Missions and Sensor Derived Fire Perimeters / Previous Missions. Instructions for viewing the CDE can be found at this page of this web site.
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