Grants and Contributions:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

Effective measurement and monitoring tools for detecting, quantifying and attributing fires are required at finex000D
spatial scales and in close to real time. Globally, detection of fires in near real time is an operational imperativex000D
for companies especially in the tropics charged with ensuring sustainable use of forest resources. Satellitex000D
remote sensing is a critical tool for detecting and monitoring fires as well as assessing changes in forest coverx000D
over time. Currently we rely on optical sensors, such as Landsat and MODIS however, there are challengesx000D
with these data especially in regions of high cloud cover, haze, as well as for detecting small fire events in nearx000D
real time. Tanka, a Vancouver-based, high tech company has developed a commercial solution to this needx000D
globally, by utilizing remote sensing imagery acquired by the Planet constellation of small-sats. The lightx000D
weight, small size and low cost nature of these small satellites allow many to be launched consecutivelyx000D
resulting in rapid image acquisition anywhere on the globe. This project is designed to review, test andx000D
demonstrate new techniques to detect and characterize fire events on high spatial and temporal remote sensingx000D
imagery provided by Tanka over test cases in Canada and globally.