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“Sensors with Wings”Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for Earth Science
Geoff BlandNASA GSFC WFF (614.6) – AeroScienceLab (ASL)
757-824-2855
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Measurement Objectives
• Agricultural and Environmental Observations• Atmospheric Measurements• Chlorophyll (Ocean Color)• Salinity• Soil Moisture • Snow/Ice Depth
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UAS Examples
• Internally Developed sUAS:– XAP, AEROS– Aerotenna, TwinCam, ImageAireLite
• Commercially Provided/Operated UAS:– BAI Aerosystems: Tern– AAI/Aerosonde: Aerosonde
• Other NASA UAS:– SIERRA
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Wallops MicroSpectrometer
• Miniature System for Chlorophyll Measurements, Including Ocean Color
• 330 -1100 nm• Development Initiated 1999 (Yungel, et al)• <5 lb Instrument & Data System (w/Power)
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Aerotenna
Ocean
Marsh
• Integrated Sensor System Experiment for Salinity, Soil Moisture and Snow & Ice Thickness Measurements
• Resolution ~10 Meters• Prototype Passive L-Band (1.413 GHz)
Radiometer (Hilliard, et al)• ~12 lb sUAS with Electric Propulsion
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TwinCam
• Low Cost, Easy-to-Field Proof-of-Concept sUAS
• Visible and Near-Infrared (>695 nm) Video Cameras
• ~2.5 lb sUAS with Electric Propulsion
• Developed for Agricultural Research and Remote Sensing Education
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ImageAire Lite ii
• Thermal Infrared, Visible, and Near-Infrared Imagers with Real-Time Video Downlink
• GPS, Temperature, Humidity, and Pressure Measurements
• Provisions for Miniature Carbon Dioxide (Anasphere, Vista Photonics) and Sulfur Dioxide (Pieri, et al) Sensors
• ~6.5 lb sUAS, Suitable for Shipping, Assembles in Ten Minutes
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Collaboration Potential
• Services – Instrument Integration, Testing and Field Operations
• UAS Development and Production• Instrument Development and Production