Abstract
SUMMARYLine scanners are commonly employed as thermal imaging devices in the 8 to 13 micrometre infrared range of the spectrum. However, these scanners are expensive and their detector elements must be cooled with liquid nitrogen or helium.This report concerns a relatively new kind of infrared imaging device, a pyroelectric vidicon, or Pyricon1 - 4 which is sensitive throughout the infrared range of the spectrum, operates at room temperature and is one-third the cost of a line scanner.During the summer of 1974 this Pyricon was mounted in a light aircraft and its ability to map small forest firest tested. The operation of the Pyricon and the results of these tests are described.
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