Table 1: Correlations between the relative rate of change in in
situ measurements and GOES FRP. Fires are grouped into their
dominant landcover type determined using final GeoMAC burned area
perimeters and FCCS fuel maps. Observed fire danger, date sampled by the
DC-8, the total number of transects per fire, the total number of daily
GOES detections, and the average and standard deviation of sampled smoke
age (min) is shown in the upper two panels. The third panel shows
Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) between the relative rate of
change in transect integrated measurements\(\left(\frac{\partial ln(X)}{\partial t}\right)\) and the relative
rate of change in FRP\(\left(\frac{\partial ln(FRP)}{\partial t}\right)\) integrated over
the same time interval. Significant correlations (p-value <
0.005) are bold and insignificant correlations are not. Red grids show
strong correlations (r >0.8), orange grids show moderate
correlations (0.8 > r > 0.5, and blue grids
show weak correlations (r <0.5).