A Bi-Spectral Microbolometer Sensor for Wildfire Measurement

Autor: Denis Dufour, Loïc Le Noc, Bruno Tremblay, Mathieu N. Tremblay, Francis Généreux, Marc Terroux, Carl Vachon, Melanie J. Wheatley, Joshua M. Johnston, Mike Wotton, Patrice Topart
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Sensors, Vol 21, Iss 11, p 3690 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s21113690
Popis: This study describes the development of a prototype bi-spectral microbolometer sensor system designed explicitly for radiometric measurement and characterization of wildfire mid- and long-wave infrared radiances. The system is tested experimentally over moderate-scale experimental burns coincident with FLIR reference imagery. Statistical comparison of the fire radiative power (FRP; W) retrievals suggest that this novel system is highly reliable for use in collecting radiometric measurements of biomass burning. As such, this study provides clear experimental evidence that mid-wave infrared microbolometers are capable of collecting FRP measurements. Furthermore, given the low resource nature of this detector type, it presents a suitable option for monitoring wildfire behaviour from low resource platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or nanosats.
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