Master's thesis of Science: Validating the TET-1 satellite sensing system in detecting and characterizing active fire ‘hotspots’

The objective of this study is to investigate the hotspot (fires and other thermal anomalies) detection and characterization product from the TET-1 satellite sensing system from the German Aerospace Centre (DLR). The satellite is envisioned, as part of a constellation of satellites, to provide detection and characterization of fires at a higher spatial resolution when compared to the current standard global coverage from the MODIS fire products. This study aims to validate the output from the detection and characterization algorithm, to provide a guide for the sensitivity of the system, especially for low power (small area and low temperature) fires. This consisted of conducting a simulation study into the limits of detection for the system, as well as performing a case study.