
%0 Journal Article
%A Harris, AJL 
%T Towards Automated Fire Monitoring From Space: Semi-Automated Mapping of the January 1994 New South Wales Wildfires Using AVHRR Data.
%J International Journal of Wildland Fire
%D 1996/09/01
%V 6
%N 3
%P 107-116
%K New South Wales; AVHRR; Hot spots; Automated;Fire detection; Fire map.
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/WF9960107
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WF9960107 
%X The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) is capable of providing low cost thermal data in which wild-fires can easily be detected. Data are available for large areas (~ 3000 x 6000 km) at-least 4 times a day, and can be received directly by the user. An automated hot-spot detection technique inserted into the data stream could therefore provide timely fire information for wild-fire monitoring. Such an automated technique is applied to AVHRR data acquired for the wild-fires which burnt extensive areas in New South Wales, Australia, during January 1994. The technique allows rapid production of fire maps. These revealed a number of major fires burning mainly within the National Parks, impacting on settlements and roads. Such a synoptic view of these fire events would be difficult to obtain using any other means. 
