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Lear 35 remote sensing aircraft in the smoke
pall at Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso
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Fire Science: US-Brazil
International Cooperation
Technology to Monitor and Manage Natural Resources
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Co-development
and application of airborne and satellite-based remote sensing technology
is providing tools for monitoring forest harvesting, forest health,
fire properties, and the impacts of fire on the environment. The working group's experience with remote
sensing is being applied to develop and demonstrate advanced cameras
and infrared imaging systems to be deployed by IBAMA. This includes the use of a specialized, infra-red, imaging
spectrometer designed to accommodate the high radiances associated
with wildland fire and the development and application of advanced-technology
thermal imagers (FireMapper™ ).
Technology transfer and training have also
involved integration and deployment of instrumentation on both medium-
and high-altitude aircraft, and information management systems.
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The Extended Dynamic Range Imaging Spectrometer
developed as part of an Airborne Infrared Disaster Assessment
System by NASA Ames Research Center and the Forest Service Pacific
Southwest Research Station. This
four-channel line scanner, shown here below its bay in a Lear
35 aircraft, was specifically designed to measure the high radiances
associated with wildland fires.
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Advanced fire
management and operations training has been provided through personnel
exchanges, short courses, and workshops. This has included the training of Brazilian fire personnel
on U.S. Forest Service fire crews, and dissemination of knowledge
in Brazil as the trained became the trainers.
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US Forest Service and Brazilian fire personnel testing
a foam-line for containment of a Cerrado prescribed fire.
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