Efficient forest fire detection index for application in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs)

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Cruz, Henry ^a   Eckert, Martina ^a   Meneses, Juan ^a   Martínez, José Fernán ^a  

^a Technical University of Madrid UPM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Color index; Cost efficient; Drone; Forest fire detection; Mobile surveillance; Real time; UAS; UAV

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEFORESTATION; DRONES; FIRE DETECTORS; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

COLOR INDEX; COST-EFFICIENT; FOREST FIRE DETECTION; MOBILE SURVEILLANCE; REAL TIME;

FIRES;

EID: 84975078613     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s16060893     Document Type: Article

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