Multispectral Scanners for Wildland Fire Assessment

The Autonomous Modular Sensor system (AMS) is a multispectral airborne imager that is intended as a UAS sensor technology test-bed, to demonstrate concepts for extended autonomous operation, real-time on-board data reduction, and remote sensor-web system architecture. It is designed to be operated in either of three distinct spectral confi gurations, to support multiple NASA science objectives. The system in its initial wildfire configuration was completed in 2006, and was successfully flown on the General Atomics Altair and Ikhana Predator-B UASs, as the primary instrument for the two Western States Fire demonstration missions. The capabilities of the AMS system and its application for wildfire imaging will be described in detail in this presentation.