Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Remote Sensing & Mapping
Working definition
A remotely sensed pixel or feature whose thermal signal is unusually high relative to surrounding background conditions.
In plain language
A remotely sensed pixel or feature whose thermal signal is unusually high relative to surrounding background conditions.
Why it matters
Thermal Anomaly is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.