Reduction of false alarms in forest fire surveillance using water vapour concentration measurements

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 374-379

  Bellecci, C ^a   De Leo, L ^b   Gaudio, P ^a   Gelfusa, M ^a   Lo Feudo, T ^b   Martellucci, S ^a   Richetta, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Lidar; Raman technique

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; DEFORESTATION; ERRORS; FIRE HAZARDS; OPTICAL RADAR; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENTS; FALSE ALARMS; FOREST FIRE; FOREST FIRE DETECTIONS; LIDAR; LIDAR SYSTEMS; RAMAN ANALYSIS; RAMAN TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL MODELS; THEORETICAL RESULTS; WATER VAPOURS;

FIRES;

ALARMS; CONCENTRATION; DEFORESTATION; ERRORS; FOREST FIRES; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; RAMAN SPECTRA; REDUCTION; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 59649094055     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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