CHINA RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES' APPLICATION IN MONITORING BUSHFIRE IN VICTORIA IN AUSTRALIA

The utilization of remote sensing satellite data for fire monitoring has been more than a decade, and currently mainly relies on the EOS/ MODIS satellite series. MODIS has specialized thermal infrared channel to catch the launch characteristics of the fire geothermal energy, of a high capture efficiency of fire point. China resources and environment remote sensing satellite constellation, Launched in 2008, is the first small satellites constellation for the purpose of environmental and disaster monitoring and forecasting, with a wider monitor band, higher ground resolution. In March 2009, a bushfire took place in Australian south-eastern region, the fire orientation changes frequently, raised an urgent need of remote sensing monitoring. In this paper, choose three band images of China resources and environment remote sensing satellites for process and integration, by comparing and analysis of the data source, on this basis, a fire zone classification map rapidly established. In comparison with NASA's MODIS provided data, our results in the fire zone with a higher recognition accuracy. The research result has been sent to the Australian for the fire monitoring and rescue, and achieved good economic advantages. It but also provides a new technical route for future remote sensing fire monitoring.