Record numbers of people accessed the Sentinel website during Victoria's catastrophic fires in February. Within an hour of the satellite overpass the hotspots appear on the internet site. The information is analysed automatically by a computer to detect hotspots. To Geoscience Australia's ground station at Alice Springs.
The satellites pass over Australia each morning and afternoon, observing the land surface and beaming that information Sentinel uses United States satellites with thermal infra-red sensors to detect hotspots which indicate bushfires. Prevention and Mitigation (COAG 2004, Recommendation 5.2). Sentinel'sĬontribution to fire regime mapping was highlighted in the Council of Australian Governments' ( COAG) National Inquiry on Bushfire Management, Operation of the Sentinel system passed from CSIRO to Geoscience Australia in 2005. ( Larger image ) Sentinel (online hotspot detection system)ĭetection system was initially developed during the bushfires in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory Levels of usage of the Sentinel website during January and February 2009. This support was through the Sentinel system (an online 'hotspot' detection system)Īnd provision of satellite imagery and maps showing areas affected by bushfires.įigure 1. Most serious bushfire event which claimed 173 lives.ĭuring the emergency, Geoscience Australia provided satellite-derived information to support the emergency
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On the weekend of 7 February 2009 a series of large bushfires across Victoria resulted in Australia's
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