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Bushfires: Australian satellite would be 'tuned' to eucalypt vegetation

Source(s): British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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By Jonathan Amos, BBC Science Correspondent

Australian scientists are developing a satellite that can better identify where bushfires might start.

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The small spacecraft would carry infrared detectors specifically tuned to the country's dominant vegetation - in particular to its widespread eucalypt trees and shrubs.

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The satellite's data will be used to help assess the "fuel load" and moisture content of forests.

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The camera on Europe's Sentinel-2 spacecraft, for example, has shortwave infrared channels that are very good at checking on the state of vegetation.

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Hazards Wildfire
Themes Environment and ecosystems Earth Observation (EO)
Country and region Australia

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