- Author
- Wilson, R. A. | Noste, N. V.
- Title
- Project Fire Scan Fire Detection. Interim Report. April 1962-December 1964.
- Coporate
- Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, UT
- Report
- Research Paper INT-25, June 1966, 68 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- fire detection | infrared fire detectors | forest fires | timber | fire spread
- Identifiers
- airborne infrared fire detection; scanner aspect angle; fire target size; patrol navigation requirements; timber canopy obscurations; system spectral response; scanner sensitivity; radiometric detection criteria; mechanics of radiation attenuation
- Abstract
- The first 3 years of Project Fire Scan's airborne infrared fire detection program are reported. The program objective is the evaluation of systems and techniques for the detection of incipient forest fires. Qualitative correlations are presented of probability of detection versus scanner aspect angle, timber type, and fire target size. Aircraft patrol navigation reuirements are briefly examined.