Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014: Active fire unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) infrared aerial imagery and video

This data publication contains active-fire infrared (IR) videos and georeferenced individual video frames collected as part of a prescribed fire research campaign conducted at the Camp Swift Military Base in Bastrop County, Texas on January 15, 2014. The Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014 consisted of three fires ignited in burn blocks of dimensions 100 meters (m) by 100 m on January 15, 2014. Fires were ignited on relatively flat areas of grass vegetation in moderate winds. Unmanned aerial vehicle EO active-fire video was recorded during each of the three fires. The video and image stills contained within this data package were collected with a Cloud Cap Goodrich TASE200 Electro-Optical(EO)/IR unit mounted on a MLB Company SuperBat III unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). All active-fire videos where collected at an oblique angle. Still images from the active-fire video were exported and georeferenced using a set of ground-control points around each burn block.
The objective of the research burns was to create a dataset comprised of ground based and remote sensing measurements. This dataset represents active-fire aerial imagery and videos of the burn block areas acquired with an infrared (IR) sensor mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The data contained with this package was collected to assess the possibility of recording active-fire information using video recorded in the infrared (IR) spectrum. Active-fire imagery was also acquired at Camp Swift to assess the ability of the sensors to provide a better interpretation of ground measurements. For example, if it is not known if a particular set of instruments were in flanking versus heading versus merging fire lines, it is uncertain how to use the measured data for validation since the predicted global behavior might be wrong.
A summary of the Camp Swift project can be found in the full data download (\Supplements\ CampSwiftFireExperiment2014_Project_Overview.pdf). A United States Forest Service ArcGIS Online interactive website is also developed to describe the study and examine the integrated data quality for the Camp Swift effort (see cross reference below). Finally, a document detailing the procedures used to set up the burn blocks can be found in the full data download (\Supplements\CampSwiftFireExperiment2014_BurnBlockDesign.pdf).