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Airborne-based fire detection is a surveillance system for fire detection based on aerial imaging.
Introduction
Airborne systems are used in a wide range of scenarios, flying at low and high altitudes and speeds; for fire detection and prevention scenarios and with a broad selection of sensors on board. Airborne systems are considered as a compromise between ground-based and satellite-based systems as they are flexible, maneuverable, and deployable to target priority areas (Allison et al. 2016).
Airborne sensor platforms are classified into different categories, depending on the characteristics of the carrier vehicle: they space from manned system (piloted aircrafts) to unmanned vehicles or drones, controlled remotely from the ground or operate semiautomatically. Active fire zone and surveillance areas can be scanned and monitored via an aircraft,...
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Nowzad, A. (2019). Airborne-Based Fire Detection. In: Manzello, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Wildfires and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51727-8_146-1
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