@article {bnh-5423, title = {Active fires: Early fire detection and mapping using HIMAWARI-8 Annual Report 2017-2018}, number = {458}, year = {2019}, month = {03/2019}, institution = {Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC}, address = {Melbourne}, abstract = {

This project is a critical part of the BNH CRC{\textquoteright}s value to Geoscience Australia and the broader Australian government. The Sentinel Hotspots application is used by all levels of government, private sector, researchers and the public {\textendash} this system would not be trusted by those parties without sound validation. This project will continue to assist the Australian government in developing and validating the capability of the Himawari-8 data source to Sentinel Hotspots program. Further, the project will assist in the ongoing improvement of vital bushfire information acquired through state-of-the-art remote sensing technology as needed by fire and emergency management now and in the future.

}, keywords = {Fire, HIMAWARI-8, mapping}, author = {Simon Jones and Karin Reinke and Chermelle Engel} }