Both the lower resolution sounder and and higher resolution imager instruments on board the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite have bands in the SWIR window that allow active fire detection.
Both the lower resolution sounder and and higher resolution imager instruments on board the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite have bands in the SWIR window that allow active fire detection.
Two generations of active Meteosat satellites, Meteosat First Generation (MFG) and Meteosat Second Generation (MSG), providing images of the full Earth disc, and data for weather forecasts.
The Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager (JAMI) on board the Multi-functional Transport Satellite will provide SWIR measrurements at 2 km resolution that will be useful for active fire detection.
ISRO launched a series of multipurpose INSAT geostationery satellites to meet the demands of telecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology, and search and rescue operations. Commissioned in 1983, INSAT is the largest domestic communication system in the Asia Pacific Region. More information can be found at:
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was formed in 1969. India began to develop the indigenous Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite program during late 1970’s to support monitoring of natural resources and Earth Observation. The IRS system is the largest constellation of remote sensing satellites for civilian use in operation today in the world, with 12 operational satellites. All these are placed in polar Sun-synchronous orbit and provide data in a variety of spatial, spectral and temporal resolutions. Indian Remote Sensing Programme completed its 25 years of successful operations on March 17, 2013. ISRO’s satellite missions can be found at the below page:
With ~20 years of data record, the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer offers a unique opportunity for retrospective processing of 1-km data into time series of active fires and burned areas. AVHRR continues to provide useful information on board the current POES series. However, its instrument characteristics are inferior to the recent experimental and semi-operational systems. On the future NPOESS series AVHRR will be replaced by VIIRS.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer is currently providing global, medium-resolution near-real time measurements useful for fire mapping. The improved geolocation accuracy and more suitable radiometric characteristics allow the production of higher accuracy active fire and burned area products.
Instrument/program overview
Night-time visible data from the Operational Linescan System on board the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program can be used for global fire mapping at medium resolution.
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Visible and Infrared Scanner provides medium resolution VIS, NIR, SWIR and IR measurements from a low inclination orbit. It can be used for the sampling of the burning activity in the tropical and sub-tropical regions at various local times.
The Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer has 15 programmable channels to measure the reflected solar radiation in the VIS and NIR spectral region at 300 m resolution. Potential applications include burned area mapping.
The VEGETATION instrument provides medium-resolution, global VIS and NIR, high-quality measurements that are useful for burned area mapping.
The Thematic Mapper, which was replaced by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus, provide high resolution imagery for burned area mapping and for the validation of medium-resolution burned area products.
The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer provides high resolution VIS, NIR and SWIR data coincident with MODIS observations near the center of the swath. ASTER is a valuable tool for the validation of MODIS active fire products and burned area maps from various satellite systems.
The Bi-spectral Infrared Detection is a small satellite that provides VIS, NIR and SWIR data for burned area mapping and active fire detection at 185 m and 370 m respectively.
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The Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite will be first flown aboard the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) and then on board the National Polar-orbiting Operational Satellite System (NPOESS). It will provide similar measurements to MODIS at higher resolution.
The CBERS Program was born from a partnership between Brazil and China in the space technical scientific segment. The first satellite of the series, CBERS-1, was successfully launched on October 14, 1999, CBERS-2 on October 21st, 2003, CBERS-3 on December, 2014 and CBERS-4B is expected to be launched in 2016. More information about the satellite resolution, multispectral bands, etc., can be found at the below website.
Vietnam’s first remote sensing satellite, VNRED Sat-1, was launched by Arianespace from the Guiana Space Center, French Guiana, May 7, 2013. The satellite’s measuring swath is 17.5 km (~11 mi) with a resolution of 2.5 m (8.2 ft) for panchromatic data and 10-m (~33-ft) resolution for its four multispectral bands, and has a revisit time of three days. Data from VNREDSAT-1 are being used for urban management and natural resource monitoring, including hazards and disasters in Vietnam. Vietnam plans to launch the second remote sensing satellite, VNREDSat-1B, into orbit by 2017