Applications
- 6.2.1 Active Fire Detection — Detecting ignition events and tracking actively burning fire fronts in near-real-time using satellite-borne thermal infrared and shortwave infrared sensors.
- 6.2.2 Fire Spread Forecasting — Combining near-real-time satellite thermal, wind and fuel data to model where an active wildfire will move over the next 6–72 hours.
- 6.2.3 Burned Area Mapping — Delineating the precise extent and severity of land burned by wildfire using multispectral and shortwave-infrared satellite imagery to drive recovery, insurance, and land-management decisions.
- 6.2.4 Fuel Load Assessment — Mapping the quantity, dryness and spatial distribution of combustible vegetation before fire season to rank landscape-scale ignition risk.
- 6.2.5 Smoke Dispersion Tracking — Tracking the three-dimensional movement, concentration and composition of wildfire smoke plumes using satellite-borne atmospheric sensors and aerosol retrievals.