Automatic forest-fire measuring using ground stations and unmanned aerial systems

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 6328-6353

  de Dios, José Ramiro Martínez ^a   Merino, Luis ^b   Caballero, Fernando ^a   Ollero, Anibal ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c Centre for Advanced Aerospace Technology (CATEC)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest fires; Perception systems; Unmanned aerial systems

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PORTUGAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AIRCRAFT; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CALIBRATION; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PORTUGAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN;

EID: 79959840327     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110606328     Document Type: Article

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