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Small Satellite Mission on Bi-spectral Infrared Detection (BIRD) – a Prototype M ission of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Small Satellite Mission on Bi-spectral Infrared
Detection (BIRD) – a Prototype Mission of the German
Aerospace Center (DLR)
The BIRD technology demonstrator mission was prepared and is conducted by the German Aerospace Center with support of several German institutes, enterprises, and universities
Global Fire Monitoring CenterAstro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH
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BIRD Primary Mission Goals:
Test of new micro satellite technology components
Test of a dedicated Hot Spot Recognition System
Test of new algorithms to estimate quantitative characteristics of wildfires, volcanic activity, and coal seam fires
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The BIRD Main Payload
Payload platform of the flight model with assembling tools
Total mass: 30.2 kg
WAOSS-B MIR TIR Wavelength 600-670nm
840-900nm 3.4-4.2µm 8.5-9.3µm
Focal length 21.65mm 46.39mm 46.39 mm Detector CCD CdHgTe CdHgTe Ground pixel size 185m 370m 370m Ground sampling distance
185m 185m 185m
Swath width 533km 190km 190km 1 at 572km Orbit altitude
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First Image: 05/11/2001,
9:42:40 UTC
Mid-wave Infra-Red channel (3.4-4.2µm)
(semi-transparency overlay)
WAOSS- nadir channel (840-900nm)
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Hot spot detection by GOES and BIRD (23 November 2001)
GOES BIRD
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BIRD MIR images of bush fires, Sydney area,
Australia
obtained on:
a - January 4, 2002
b - January 5, 2002
c - January 9, 2002
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Typical characteristics of fire fronts (BIRD, Australia, January 5, 2002)
No Eq. firetemp., K
Eq. firearea, Ha
Frontlength,
km
Energyrelease,
MW
Frontstrength,
kW/m
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
815
715
893
>670
852
957
>690
796
0.48
2.3
0.59
<0.78
0.92
1.0
<0.51
0.39
4
7.5
3
5
10
9
4
3
130
310
210
79
300
530
62
96
30
40
70
15
30
60
15
30
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Fires in Tannu mountains, Siberia, Russia (BIRD, 24 July 2002)
MIR channel Radiative energy release
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Hotspots in the area of Lago Mar Chiquita, Argentina (BIRD, 22 August 2002)
Radiative energy release