A team of researchers at Northern Arizona University (NAU) has been developing plans for a network of satellites that are intended to lead to faster wildfire detection.
Northern Arizona University team developing satellite-based wildfire detection system
David Trilling, astronomy and planetary science professor at Northern Arizona University, holds a 3D-printed model of a camera that is part of a satellite-based wildfire detection system design inside a laboratory at NAU on Tuesday. Trilling is part of Flagstaff-based research team out of NAU that has advanced to the semifinals in the XPRIZE Wildfire competition with the project. Hattie Loper, Arizona Daily Sun.