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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

A Bi-Spectral Microbolometer Sensor for Wildfire Measurement.

Denis Dufour, Loïc Le Noc, Bruno Tremblay, Mathieu N Tremblay, Francis Généreux, Marc Terroux, Carl Vachon, Melanie J Wheatley, Joshua M Johnston, B Mike Wotton and 1 more

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Sensors for Fire and Smoke Monitoring.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Denis DufourINO (Institut National d'Optique), 2740 Einstein Street, Québec, QC G1P 4S4, Canada.
Loïc Le NocINO (Institut National d'Optique), 2740 Einstein Street, Québec, QC G1P 4S4, Canada.
Bruno TremblayINO (Institut National d'Optique), 2740 Einstein Street, Québec, QC G1P 4S4, Canada.
Mathieu N TremblayINO (Institut National d'Optique), 2740 Einstein Street, Québec, QC G1P 4S4, Canada.
Francis GénéreuxINO (Institut National d'Optique), 2740 Einstein Street, Québec, QC G1P 4S4, Canada.
Marc TerrouxINO (Institut National d'Optique), 2740 Einstein Street, Québec, QC G1P 4S4, Canada.
Carl VachonINO (Institut National d'Optique), 2740 Einstein Street, Québec, QC G1P 4S4, Canada.
Melanie J WheatleyFaculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B3, Canada.
Joshua M JohnstonCanadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, 1219 Queen St. E., Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 2E5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4047-5564
B Mike WottonCanadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, 1219 Queen St. E., Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 2E5, Canada.
Patrice TopartINO (Institut National d'Optique), 2740 Einstein Street, Québec, QC G1P 4S4, Canada.

Funding

Mitacs IT20872
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study describes the development of a prototype bi-spectral microbolometer sensor system designed explicitly for radiometric measurement and characterization of wildfire mid- and long-wave infrared radiances. The system is tested experimentally over moderate-scale experimental burns coincident with FLIR reference imagery. Statistical comparison of the fire radiative power (FRP; W) retrievals suggest that this novel system is highly reliable for use in collecting radiometric measurements of biomass burning. As such, this study provides clear experimental evidence that mid-wave infrared microbolometers are capable of collecting FRP measurements. Furthermore, given the low resource nature of this detector type, it presents a suitable option for monitoring wildfire behaviour from low resource platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or nanosats.

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FRPmicrobolometerradiometricsatelliteUAVwildfire

Identifiers

PMID34073244
PMCPMC8197862

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