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Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational 
Line-scan System (OLS) is capable to detect night fires using a 
time series image analysis to define a reference set of “stable” 
lights. The analysis define as “fire”, if any source of light has 
different geo-location of the reference set of stable lights. The 
DMSP-OLS data is archived and analyzed to make “fire 
products” at NOAA’s National Geophysics Data Center 
(NGDC). 
The figure shows the near real time data and product network 
of TRMM and DMSP, from NASA/GSFC and NOAA/NGDC 
to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research 
Network (MAFFIN) and National Space Development Agency 
(NASDA) through advanced networks.The MAFFIN real time 
processing system (shown in the next page) undertakes TRMM 
visualization processing and a real time TRMM/ground radar 
analysis. Dedicated servers disseminate TRMM rainfall 
images to registered users through APAN. 
DMSP/ 
OLS 
data 
TRMM/DMSP real time networking 
\'ppHcation i,nd rainfall/fire product dissemination .,. RMM 
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