1. 13 May 2009CAWCR Fire Weather Research Workshop1 Remote Sensing Opportunities for Fire Weather Research Ian Grant Space Based Observations Section Bureau of Meteorology

2. 13 May 2009CAWCR Fire Weather Research Workshop2 13 May 2009 Geostationary and polar orbiter satellites Geostationary – Hourly – 5 bands – VIS 1 km, IR 5 km – MTSAT-1R (140°E) – FY-2C (105°E) Polar – Daily – NOAA (AVHRR) – - 5 bands, 1 km – Terra, Aqua (MODIS) – - 36 bands, 0.25-1 km Bureau's Crib Point Ground Station

3. 13 May 2009CAWCR Fire Weather Research Workshop3 Fuel  Non-forest oGrassland Curing (from current BCRC) oBiomass Temporal Integration of NDVI Growth models driven by meteorology  Forest oChallenging from passive imaging oHyperspectral & lidar Composition (species, green/woody/dead) Stress, Fuel load and moisture, Structure Airborne (UNSW + CRC-SI work on forest fuel) Research satellites from ~2013

4. 13 May 2009CAWCR Fire Weather Research Workshop4 Hotspots  MODIS, AVHRR (Sentinel) oNeeds amalgamation? oNeeds history accessibility?  Geostationary oHourly oLow spatial resolution and sensitivity oBoosts detection rate from AVHRR/MODIS-only oLandgate (WA) have experimented  Ad hoc high-resolution at urban interface? Sentinel Hotspots July 2007 © Commonwealth of Australia 2007 ACRES Geoscience Australia

5. 13 May 2009CAWCR Fire Weather Research Workshop5 Fire Intensity  Fire Radiative Power (During fire) oResearched overseas – relation between FRP and emissions (NT plans: Stefan Maier, CDU) oStandard MODIS product  Fire severity (Post-burn) oNT spectral work (Andrew Edwards, CDU, BCRC)  CO from MOPITT, AIRS  Use in carbon emissions assessment?

6. 13 May 2009CAWCR Fire Weather Research Workshop6 Smoke  Aerosol estimation over land  Traditionally difficult (AVHRR, MODIS, GEO)  … but recent progress with oMultiple views (MISR, AATSR, POLDER) oPolarisation (POLDER) oLidar (CALIPSO) Under development for Australia (Ross Mitchell)  Potential uses: oInitialisation/nudging and validation of smoke transport modelling oCarbon emissions assessment oAir quality, including in connection with prescribed fire

7. 13 May 2009CAWCR Fire Weather Research Workshop7 Burned area  AVHRR (1 km), MODIS (500 m)  Many years history  Validation: oNT extensive oOther states some  History needs better accessibility?  30-m from Landsat. Needs resources. Geoscience Australia holds data archive.

8. 13 May 2009CAWCR Fire Weather Research Workshop8 Atmospheric Water Vapour  Geostationary satellites image upper atmospheric WV hourly  Ground-based GPS oContinuous, Resolution ≤1-hour oOEB developmental real-time system oNetwork densities Now~2013 National16150 Vic34100 NSW50 …

9. 13 May 2009CAWCR Fire Weather Research Workshop9 NCRIS/TERN AusCover  Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network  AusCover oNationally consistent delivery and calibration of terrestrial satellite datasets for use in ecosystem science and NRM. oCore set of standardised biophysical data products, calibrated for Australian conditions. oA distributed data archive and access capability. Several regional nodes and calibration test sites.  Datasets likely to include oFire: Hotspots, Burned area oMODIS: Land-cover types, LAI, fPAR, woody/herbaceous/grass/bare fractions oTime-series of forest, non-forest cover oNDVI o…

10. 13 May 2009CAWCR Fire Weather Research Workshop10 Summary Grassland CuringMature Grassland BiomassNeeds development Forest fuel structure & stateDeveloping HotspotsMature Fire Radiative PowerNeeds development Burn SeverityDeveloping SmokeDeveloping Burned AreaMature

11. 13 May 2009CAWCR Fire Weather Research Workshop11 TERN AusCover