Workshop on Optical and Infrared Data

Fusion is based on the heritage of the Bi-spectral InfraRed Detection (BIRD) demonstrator mission for dedicated fire observation as well as the RapidEye five-satellite constellation for optical high resolution land observation. The objective of the study is to assess the potential of a future operational satellite constellation merging the capabilities of the two systems.

Fusion is to combine co-registered images of high spatial resolution in the visible and near infrared spectrum with images of moderate-to-high resolution in the mid and thermal infrared spectrum to new data products. In addition, the project sets out to provide daily coverage of any point of interest around the globe.

Envisaged data products are aimed at providing essential information for precision agriculture, food security, irrigation water management, inland water resource management, terrestrial ecosystem mapping, volcanology, and high-resolution wildfire monitoring. Additionally to image data the FUSION spacecrafts will be able to process wildfire data on-board and thus to transmit geolocated fire attributes directly to the users in near real time.

The workshop will give users the opportunity to express their particular needs concerning remote sensing data products in order to establish a well balanced system baseline for FUSION.
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