Development of a Low-Cost Microwave Radiometer for the Early Detection of Fire in Forest Environments

Author

Alimenti, F. ; Bonafoni, S. ; Leone, S. ; Mattioli, V. ; Palazzari, V. ; Tasselli, G. ; Strappini, M. ; Basili, P. ; Roselli, L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Perugia Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1497

Lastpage

1500

Abstract

This paper deals with the development of a microwave, noise-adding radiometer, purposely designed for the fire detection in forest environments. The sensor operates at 12.65GHz and exploits commercial TV-SAT components such as a parabolic dish and a low-noise down-converter. First, an electromagnetic model is presented in order to estimate the radiometric contrast (increase of the brightness temperature with respect to the background) due to a fire covered by vegetation. Then, the design of the sensor is addressed, underlining the key technologies that allow the required performances to be attained at low industrial costs

Keywords

fires; radiometers; radiometry; 12.65 GHz; commercial TV-SAT components; fire detection; forest environments; low-cost microwave radiometer; low-noise down-converter; parabolic dish; radiometric contrast; sensor design; Brightness temperature; Costs; Electromagnetic heating; Electromagnetic modeling; Fires; Microwave radiometry; Phase detection; Smoke detectors; Soil; Vegetation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2006. 36th European

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-6-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2006.281343

Filename

4058123