Airborne thermography applications in Argentina

Eduardo H. Castro; Eduardo Jorge Selles; Marcelo Costanzo; Oscar Franco; Jose Diaz

doi:10.1117/12.459567

15 March 2002 Airborne thermography applications in Argentina

Eduardo H. Castro, Eduardo Jorge Selles, Marcelo Costanzo, Oscar Franco, Jose Diaz

Proceedings Volume 4710, Thermosense XXIV; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459567
Event: AeroSense 2002, 2002, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Forest fires in summer and sheep buried under the snow in winter have become important problems in the south of our country, in the region named Patagonia. We are studying to find a solution by means of an airborne imaging system whose construction we have just finished. It is a 12 channel multispectral airborne scanner system that can be mounted in a Guarani airplane or in a Learjet; the first is a non- pressurized aircraft for flight at low height and the second is a pressurized one for higher flights. The scanner system is briefly described. Their sensors can detect radiation from the ultra violet to the thermal infrared. The images are visualized in real time in a monitor screen and can be stored in the hard disc of the PC for later processing. The use of this scanner for some applications that include the prevention and fighting of forest fires and the study of the possibility of detection of sheep under snow in the Patagonia is now being accomplished. Theoretical and experimental results in fire detection and a theoretical model for studying the possibility of detection of the buried sheep are presented.

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Eduardo H. Castro, Eduardo Jorge Selles, Marcelo Costanzo, Oscar Franco, and Jose Diaz "Airborne thermography applications in Argentina", Proc. SPIE 4710, Thermosense XXIV, (15 March 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459567

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