Fire Detection Lab using GOES-8 Imagery
View images prepared for fire detection
Visible, 3.9 um, 10.7 um, Reflectivity
(+fog) products
Questions:
Which channels/products detect the fire "hot" spots?
Which channels/products detect the smoke?
What other features (cloud or surface) are detectable on the imagery?
Recall:
Reflectivity
product during the day:
3.9 um (emitted + reflected energy) - 10.7 um (emitted energy)
Fires appear as bright white spots
Fog product during the night:
Temperature
at 10.7 um (emitted energy) - Temperature at 3.9 um (emitted energy)
Fires are
warmer at 3.9 um than at 10.7 um and will give a negative temperature difference
The way the
color table is set up, the fires will appear as dark black spots.
