Accession Number:

AD0726953

Title:

Airborne Infrared Forest Fire Detection System

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Apr 1962-Dec 1967

Corporate Author:

INTERMOUNTAIN FOREST AND RANGE EXPERIMENT STATION MISSOULA MT NORTHERN FOREST FIRE LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Wilson, Ralph A.
• Hirsch, Stanley N.
• Madden, Forrest H.
• Losensky, John B.

Report Date:

1971-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

114.0

Abstract:

The report outlines the basic requirements for an airborne infrared forest fire detection system and discusses the capability of the system to detect hot fire targets in natural forest backgrounds.

Descriptors:

• *FOREST FIRES
• *INFRARED DETECTORS
• ACCURACY
• AIRBORNE
• INFRARED IMAGES
• INFRARED SCANNING
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• PROBABILITY
• RELIABILITY
• SITE SELECTION
• TARGET DISCRIMINATION

Subject Categories:

• Forestry
• Infrared Detection and Detectors

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE