Detection and monitoring of forest and wild fires in near real time

eOsphere satellite ground receiving stations have been installed in countries worldwide to allow government agencies to detect and monitor forest and wild fires over large areas in near real time. The solution uses the short wave and thermal infrared channels on polar orbiting meteorological satellites such as EOS Terra and Aqua, Suomi- NPP, and NOAA 20. The satellites used are all free-to-air, providing the multiple medium resolution visible, near-, shortwave- and thermal-infrared imaging radiometre channels required for routinely detecting forest and wild fires. As well as detecting and monitoring fires, the product also delivers many other medium resolution environment products including cloud mask, type and optical properties, vegetation indices, aerosols, atmospheric vertical profiles, land and sea surface temperature, and land use classification.