Designing an infrared system to map and detect wildland firesThe 'Firefly' project is developing an infrared remote sensing system to provide near real-time wildland fire information for fire management and suppression. Recent technological advances in several areas now allow the design of an end-to-end, infrared system to map and detect wildland fires. The system components will include an airborne infrared sensor, automatic onboard signal and data processing, telecommunications link, and integration into a ground data terminal. The system will provide improved performance over current systems in terms of increased timeliness of data delivery, quantifiable accuracy, data consistency, reliability, and maintainability. The system will be the next generation of wildland fire mapping and detection system for the United States Forest Service.
Document ID
19900047124
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Nichols, J. David (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Parks, Gary S. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Voss, Jeffrey M. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Mortensen, Robert A. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Logan, Thomas L. (JPL Pasadena, CA, United States)