Kampe, Thomas (Tom): National Ecological Observatory Network Inc. (Project Lead)
NRA: 2011 NASA: HyspIRI Preparatory Airborne Activities and Associated Science
Funded by Other US Funding: Funded by NEON, NSF
Abstract:
The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) aims to conduct overflights of its sites within the NEON Pacific Southwest domain with the first Airborne Observatory Platform (AOP) at the same time as the planned Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) and the MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator (MASTER) flights onboard the NASA ER-2 aircraft. The NEON sites fall within one of the wide area transects being planned as part of the HyspIRI Preparatory Airborne Activities and Associated Science and Application Research program. NEON will fly a high fidelity VSWIR imaging spectrometer identical to AVIRIS-ng, a high-resolution digital camera, and a waveform LiDAR to collect information on ecosystem chemistry and structure at high spatial resolution (~1 m) over areas of approximately 300 sq. km around the NEON sites. These synergistic flights will provide a multi-scale data set for a range of terrestrial ecosystems well suited for the development and evaluation of science data products under development by HyspIRI science investigators. In parallel, these data sets will prove useful for developing the NEON strategy for the spatial scaling of structural ecosystem data and their processes (either implied by foliar chemistry or implicit through direct flux measurements). Data will be collected from the organismal scale of individual trees/plants, to flux scales, to the scale of hundreds of kilometers and to the continental scale which necessitates the use of satellite remote sensing. All data acquired by NEON, including in-situ spectral measurements of vegetation species at the NEON sites, will be made available to HyspIRI investigators via the NEON web portal. More information on the NEON project is available at www.neoninc.org.
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