CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- CWFMS
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Full Name
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Canadian Wildland Fire Monitoring Sensor
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Status
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Being developed
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Instrument Agencies
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CSA , NRCAN , ECCC
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
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Geometry
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Nadir-viewing
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Instrument Technology
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Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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TBD
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Measurements and Applications
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Measurements are: Fire Radiative Power (FRP), hotspot locations, rate of spread, burned area mapping. Data products generated: 1) Fire maps, showing location, extent, and timing of forest fire events; 2) Fire characteristics, such as fire line intensity, rate of spread and fuel consumption; 3) Plume dynamics through smoke transport maps and plume heights; 4) Mass of carbon released into atmosphere.
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Resolution Summary
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400 m (TIR, MWIR), and 200 m (NIR, VIS) at the geodetic sub-satellite point.
[Best Resolution: 400m]
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Swath Summary
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400 km
[Max Swath: 1200 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Temperature measurement accuracy 15 K; pointing accuracy 0.5 deg;
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Waveband Summary
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VIS: 0.6 – 0.7 µm (red) (possibly also VIS 0.4 - 0.6 µm); NIR: 0.8 – 0.9 µm; MWIR: 3.4 - 4.2 µm wavelength; TIR: 10.4 µm – 12.3 µm;
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| 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) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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