An Integrated Electro-Optical Payload System for Forest Fires Monitoring from Airborne Platform

This paper presents the preliminary results obtained within a research project aimed at the development of a remote sensing system for forest fires monitoring in missions of compact airborne platforms. The core of the system is an integrated, multi-/hyper-spectral suite of electro-optical sensors. T...

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Published in2007 IEEE Aerospace Conference pp. 1 - 13
Main Authors Esposito, F., Rufino, G., Moccia, A., Donnarumma, P., Esposito, M., Magliulo, V.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2007
Subjects
Aerospace control
Aircraft navigation
Computerized monitoring
Control systems
Electrooptic devices
Fires
Payloads
Remote monitoring
Sensor systems
Unmanned aerial vehicles
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Summary:This paper presents the preliminary results obtained within a research project aimed at the development of a remote sensing system for forest fires monitoring in missions of compact airborne platforms. The core of the system is an integrated, multi-/hyper-spectral suite of electro-optical sensors. They were selected to get enhanced ability in forest fire detection and monitoring. The system is completed by a dedicated on-board computer for sensor control. It is capable of autonomous operation and it is also in charge of data exchange with the on-board navigation and flight control system. Two different configurations are described, relevant to different aircrafts: a mini UAV and a certified, two-seat light aircraft. Results of the first flight experiments are presented, that highlight performance achievable by the system.
ISBN:1424405246
9781424405244
ISSN:1095-323X
2996-2358
DOI:10.1109/AERO.2007.353054