The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XL-7/W3, 2015 36th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, 11–15 May 2015, Berlin, Germany
INITIAL CHECKOUT RESULTS OF THE COMPACT INFRARED CAMERA (CIRC) FOR EARTH OBSERVATION E. Kato a, *, H. Katayama a, M. Sakai a, Y. Nakajima a, T. Kimura a, K. Nakau b, H. Tonooka c a
Japan Aerospace Exploration (JAXA), Satellite Applications Mission Directorate I, Satellite Technology Innovation Office, Sensor System Research Group, Ibaraki, Japan - (katoh.eri, katayama.haruyoshi, sakai.michito, nakajima.yasuhiro, kimura.toshiyoshi)@jaxa.jp b Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan -
[email protected] c Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan -
[email protected] Commission
KEY WORDS: thermal infrared imaging, uncooled infrared array detector, wildfire, ALOS-2, JEM-CALET
ABSTRACT: Compact Infrared Camera (CIRC) is a technology-demonstration instrument equipped with an uncooled infrared array detector (microbolometer) for space application. CIRC is the first microbolometer sensor without a calibration function in orbit, like a shutter system or an onboard blackbody. The main objective of the CIRC is to detect wildfires, which are major and chronic disasters affecting various countries of Southeast Asia, particularly considering the effects of global warming and climate change. The CIRC achieves a small size (approximately 200 mm), light mass (approximately 3 kg), and low electrical power consumption (
