Description of capability

Kerri Cahoy et al. are developing a set of analytical techniques that can detect power line anomalies, vegetation overgrowth that could result in forest fires, and other geospatial information related to monitoring power lines for greater reliability and forest fire prevention.

Key people

Kerri Cahoy

Technology Readiness Level (1-9)

2

Needs that this could potentially address

Preventing and mitigating wildfires

Tech specs

TBD

Estimated time & cost to commercialize

Outstanding risks

There is an inherent tension between time resolution (want high resolution) and spatial resolution (want fine resolution).

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