Photographs Taken by Peter V. Hobbs

Roll Number 1

Photograph No UW Flight No Date (1995) Time
(hhmm UTC)
Subject
4 1688 17 Aug 1804 Group of small fires (N of Brasilia) on which first measurements were obtained
5 1688 17 Aug 1925 Last (4th) plume studied on this flight
6, 7 1688 17 Aug 1955 Last (4th) plume sampled
8, 9 1689 18 Aug 1813 Terrain in region where ER-2 overflew C-131A (cerrado and trees)
10, 11 1689 18 Aug 1825 Terrain in region where ER-2 overflew C-131A (cerrado and trees)
12, 13, 14 1690 21 Aug 1850 Fire being studied
15, 16 1690 21 Aug 1852 Fire being studied
17 1690 21 Aug 1855 Smoke from fire being studied -- IBAMA burn
18 1692 24 Aug 1630 Smoke just north of Cuiaba (over INPE building) while C-131A was profiling over sunphotometer
19 1692 24 Aug 1706 Cumulus cloud protruding above smoke
20 1692 24 Aug 1715 Cumulus produced by fire
21 1692 24 Aug 1725 Fire feeding the cumulus
22 1692 24 Aug 1728 Cloud (with smoke) penetrated by C-131A
23 1692 24 Aug 1729 Fires producing the cumulus
24 1692 24 Aug 1723 Smoke and cumulus cloud studied

Roll Number 2

Photograph No UW Flight No Date (1995) Time
(hhmm UTC)
Subject
1, 2, 3 1692 24 Aug 1747 Smoke plume sampled about 100mi N of Cuiaba
4 1692 24 Aug 1836 Plume sampled north of Cuiaba
5 1692 24 Aug 1852 Plume sampled north of Cuiaba
6 1692 24 Aug 1854 Fires on hillside in study region
7 1693 25 Aug 1812 Flat top of smoke. ER-2 overhead.
8 1693 25 Aug 1844 Terrain (trees and grass) in region of measurements
9 1693 25 Aug 1855 Terrain (transition from grass to trees)
10 1693 25 Aug 1905 Terrain on which CAR surface reflectivity measurements were obtained (mainly trees)
11 1693 25 Aug 1906 More typical terrain on which CAR reflectivity measurements were obtained
12 1693 25 Aug 1911 Shows clearer conditions at 3000ft as C-131A heads north
13 1693 25 Aug 1919 Second area of forest on which CAR surface reflectivity measurements were obtained
14 1693 25 Aug 1920 Close-up of trees on which CAR surface reflectivity measurements were obtained
15 1693 25 Aug 1921 Close-up of trees on which CAR surface reflectivity measurements were obtained
16 1693 25 Aug 1957 Line of fires to be studied
17 1693 25 Aug 2000 Small fires in region
18 1693 25 Aug 2001 Fire being studied
19 1693 25 Aug 2010 Fire being studied
20, 21 1693 25 Aug 2016 Arrangement of fuel and burned lines
22 1693 25 Aug 2017 Smoldering lines of fuel
23 1693 25 Aug 2018 Regular lines of fuel and ash

Roll Number 3

Photographs from ground on weekend trip to Chapada (east of Cuiaba).

Photograph No UW Flight No Date (1995) Time
(hhmm UTC)
Subject
2 - 5 ground

Fire scar at side of road
13 - 14 ground

Good shots from the ground of a smoke plume
15 - 19 ground

Fire scar at side of road
20 ground

Red sun setting behind smoke near Cuiaba

Roll Number 4

Photograph No UW Flight No Date (1995) Time
(hhmm UTC)
Subject
1 1694 27 Aug 1814 Thin layer of clear air (blue) between thick layer of smoke below and thin layer of smoke above C-131A
2 1694 27 Aug 1826 City of Cuiaba from the air
3 1695 28 Aug 1650 Cloud just sampled over Chapada region
4 1695 28 Aug 1815 Plume being studied
5 1695 28 Aug 1819 Second shot of plume being studied. Black puff of smoke from fire.
6 1695 28 Aug 1835 Third shot of plume being studied. Black puff of smoke from fire.
7 1696 30 Aug 1352 Altocumulus overcast from above. C-131 profiling over sunphotometer in Pantanal
8 1696 30 Aug 1439 Wispy altocumulus just above C-131A, while profiling over sunphotometer in Pantanal
9, 10 ground 31 Aug
Haze over Cuiaba
11 1697 1 Sep 1248 Cloud top in vicinity of sunphotometer in Pantanal
13 1700 13 Sep 2016 Primary forests in Porto Velho region
14 1700 5 Sep 2020 Clear cutting on edge of forest near Jamari
15 1701 6 Sep 1433 Madeira River near Rio Madeira
16 1701 6 Sep 1554 Smoke plume penetrated
17 1701 6 Sep Just before landing Burn scar on edge of runway
18 1702 6 Sep 2008 Uniform forested area above which we did smoke-cloud interaction study
19 1702 6 Sep 2012 Forested area over which C-131A was flying in past hour. About 100mi N of Porto Velho
20 1703 7 Sep 1659 Altocumulus sampled earlier in profile over sunphotometer at Jamari. ER-2 overhead.
21 1703 7 Sep 1736 Reservoir near Repressa Samuel which C-131 passed during vertical profile
22 1703 7 Sep 1759 Many fires near Repressa Samuel reservoir over which C-131 did its vertical profile
23 1703 7 Sep 1813 Many fires near Repressa Samuel reservoir over which C-131 did its vertical profile
24 1703 7 Sep 1816 Reservoir, islands, dead trees, etc. over which CAR surface reflectivity measurements were obtained near Repressa Samuel

Roll Number 5

Photograph No UW Flight No Date (1995) Time
(hhmm UTC)
Subject
1 1703 7 Sep 1820 Second shot of reservoir near Repressa Samuel for which CAR reflectivity measurements were obtained
2 - 16 ground

at Porto Velho
17 1704 11 Sep 1602 Plume in region being studied
18 1705 12 Sep 1737 Fires of dead wood around reservoir at Repressa Samuel
19 1705 12 Sep 1752 First plume sampled for emission factors
20 1705 12 Sep 1758 Smoke from first fire studied with cloud on top
21 1705 12 Sep 1800 Good shot of first plume studied (brown-orange smoke)
22 1705 12 Sep 1835 Good shot of cumulus being studied, smoke below
23 1705 12 Sep 1957 Grass fire being studied (fire past its peak)
24 1706 13 Sep 1627 Towering cumulus studied early in flight

Roll Number 6

Photograph No UW Flight No Date (1995) Time
(hhmm UTC)
Subject
1 1706 13 Sep 1650 First plume sampled -- slash burning (flames)
2 1706 13 Sep 1700 First plume sampled
3 1706 13 1822 Second plume studied -- pasture burn
4 1710 16 Sep 1418 Small fires (smoldering) in forest on which emission factors were just measured
5 1710 16 Sep 1523 Burned areas and white ash on ground, about 100mi S of Maraba
6 1710 16 Sep 1527 Burned areas and white ash on ground, about 100mi S of Maraba
7 1710 16 Sep 1530 Burned areas and white ash on ground, about 100mi S of Maraba
8 ground

Smoke plume from Maraba airport
9 1711 16 Sep 1928 Cumulus cloud above fires studied
10 1711 16 Sep 1935 Fire producing smoke in cloud being studied
11 1711 16 Sep
Smoke and clouds
12 1711 16 Sep 2024 Clouds and smoke on which lidar profile was about to be obtained
13 1711 16 Sep 2027 Smoke layers above C-131 (not sampled) pumped up by cumulus earlier in day
14 1711 16 Sep 2027 Cloud produced by fire (not sampled)
15 - 22 ground

in Maraba

Roll Number 7

Photograph No UW Flight No Date (1995) Time
(hhmm UTC)
Subject
1 1713 17 Sep 1937 Smoke layers lofted by cumulus during day
2 1713 17 Sep 1940 Cumulus with brown smoke just below cloud top
3 1713 17 Sep 1950 Smoke layers
4 1713 17 Sep 1951 Cumulus with banded smoke layers (detrained?) at various heights
5 1713 17 Sep 2033 Smoke layers. Cumulus produced by fire.
6 1716 20 Sep 1826 Smoke being studied. Flaming combustion with some brown smoke
7 1716 20 Sep 1907 Cloud to be penetrated
8 1716 20 Sep 1915 Cloud being studied
9 - 15 ground

in Brasilia

Doug Burks
Last changed: 23 Apr 1996