Measurements and Applications
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.
Full Name
Canadian Wildland Fire Monitoring 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
TBD
Resolution
400 m (TIR, MWIR), and 200 m (NIR, VIS) at the geodetic sub-satellite point.
[Best Resolution: 400m]
Swath
400 km
[Max Swath: 1200 km]
Accuracy
Temperature measurement accuracy 15 K; pointing accuracy 0.5 deg;
Waveband
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;
| 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) |
WildFireSat - WildFireSat (2028 - 2032) |