Forest Fire Advanced System Technology (Ffast) Conceptual Design Study

J. David Nichols; John R. Warren

doi:10.1117/12.936756

20 February 1987 Forest Fire Advanced System Technology (Ffast) Conceptual Design Study

J. David Nichols, John R. Warren

Proceedings Volume 0694, Airborne Reconnaissance X; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936756
Event: 30th Annual Technical Symposium, 1986, San Diego, United States

Abstract

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service completed a conceptual design study that defined an integrated forest fire detection and mapping system that will be based upon technology available in the 1990s. Potential system configuration options in emerging and advanced technologies related to the conceptual design were identified and recommended for inclusion as preferred system components. System component technologies identified for an end-to-end system include airborne mounted, thermal infrared (IR) linear array detectors, automatic onboard georeferencing and signal processing, geosynchronous satellite communications links, and advanced data integration and display. Potential system configuration options were developed and examined for possible inclusion in the preferred system configuration. The preferred system configuration will provide increased performance and be cost effective over the system currently in use. Forest fire management user requirements and the system component emerging technologies were the basis for the system configuration design. The conceptual design study defined the preferred system configuration that warrants continued refinement and development, examined economic aspects of the current and preferred system, and provided preliminary cost estimates for follow-on system prototype development.

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J. David Nichols and John R. Warren "Forest Fire Advanced System Technology (Ffast) Conceptual Design Study", Proc. SPIE 0694, Airborne Reconnaissance X, (20 February 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936756

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