@article {bnh-8342, title = {Active fire detection using the Himawari-8 satellite - final project report}, number = {728}, year = {2022}, month = {05/2022}, institution = {Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC}, address = {Melbourne}, abstract = {

Satellite sensors are an important source of observations of fire activity (or hotspots). Next generation geostationary satellites (Himawari-8, GeoKompsat 2A, GOES-16/17) provide earth observations very frequently (~every 10-minutes).\  This near-real time data provides opportunities for new and improved fire detection algorithms. Early fire detection algorithms that take advantage of such high frequency observations, and that are primed for Australian landscapes, are developed under this project.\ \ 

The performance of new fire detection data\  forms part of the development phase.\  How well do they perform? What are their limitations? What are their advantages for observing fire under different fire scenarios and in different landscapes?\  One aspect of evaluation is how does the algorithm, and implementation of the algorithm as a processing chain, perform under operational circumstances.\  To this end, an end-user trial was hosted by NSW RFS for the near-real time implementation of the new Himawari-8 hotspot algorithm (March 2019-March 2021) and expanded to include Victoria over the 2019-2020 (black summer) bushfire season.\ \ 

Results from the project developed algorithms compare extremely favourably with existing polar-orbiting fire detections and other Himawari-based approaches. This has led to wide interest and project outputs being adopted by end-users.

}, issn = {728}, author = {Simon Jones and Karin Reinke and Chermelle Engel} }