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Unmanned Aircraft to Map Forest Fires
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on Tuesday August 29, @12:19PM
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from the a-hot-walk-in-the-woods dept.
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The Map Room links to a CNET article about Altair, an unmanned aircraft to map forest fires. From the article: "The Altair will be loaded with NASA's sensor system, AMS (Autonomous Modular System)-Wildfire. The AMS-Wildfire system can determine temperature differences from 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit to as little as half a degree, according to NASA. Being able to distinguish temperatures is important when it comes to mapping the movement of wildfires."
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