1 / 9

“Sensors with Wings” Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for Earth Science

“Sensors with Wings” Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for Earth Science. Geoff Bland NASA GSFC WFF (614.6) – AeroScienceLab (ASL) 757-824-2855. Measurement Objectives. Agricultural and Environmental Observations Atmospheric Measurements Chlorophyll (Ocean Color) Salinity Soil Moisture

tess
Download Presentation

“Sensors with Wings” Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for Earth Science

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. “Sensors with Wings”Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for Earth Science Geoff Bland NASA GSFC WFF (614.6) – AeroScienceLab (ASL) 757-824-2855 geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009

  2. Measurement Objectives • Agricultural and Environmental Observations • Atmospheric Measurements • Chlorophyll (Ocean Color) • Salinity • Soil Moisture • Snow/Ice Depth geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009

  3. UAS Examples • Internally Developed sUAS: • XAP, AEROS • Aerotenna, TwinCam, ImageAireLite • Commercially Provided/Operated UAS: • BAI Aerosystems: Tern • AAI/Aerosonde: Aerosonde • Other NASA UAS: • SIERRA geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009

  4. Thermal Infrared Imaging Images from ~400 ft Color Infrared geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009

  5. 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) geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009

  6. Marsh Ocean Aerotenna • 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 geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009

  7. 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 geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009

  8. 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 geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009

  9. Collaboration Potential • Services – Instrument Integration, Testing and Field Operations • UAS Development and Production • Instrument Development and Production geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009

More Related