Measurements and Applications
Measurements are: Fire Radiative Power (FRP) for hotspot locations. Data products generated: 1) Fire maps showing location, extent, and timing of forest fire events; 2) Fire characteristics, such as fire line intensity and rate of spread; 3) Information enabling air quality modeling of wildland fire events; 4) Mass of carbon released into atmosphere due to biomass burning.
Full Name
WildFireSat Sensor
Status
Being developed
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
Geometry
Nadir-viewing
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
Resolution
400 m (TIR, MWIR), and 200 m (NIR, VIS) maximum GIFOV at the geodetic sub-satellite point.
Swath
nadir viewing baseline
Accuracy
Radiometric accuracy of 5% (MWIR and TIR bands) , and 10% (VIS and NIR bands)
Waveband
Visible (VIS): 0.57 - 0.73 µm (red), 0.37 - 0.53 µm (blue), 0.47 - 0.63 µm (green); Near Infrared (NIR): 0.77 – 0.93 µm; MWIR: 3.4 - 4.2 µm; TIR: 10.4 µm – 12.3 µm;
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |