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1Suborbital Science ProgramSuborbital Science Program

Airborne Remote Sensing of the SF Bay NASA Ames Research Center

University of California Santa CruzAirborne Science & Technology Laboratory

Airborne Remote Sensing of the SF Bay NASA Ames Research Center

University of California Santa CruzAirborne Science & Technology Laboratory

San Francisco from NASA U-2 at 65,000 ft, 1972

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Why Airborne Imagery?Spatial Resolution Comparison

50m (AOCI from ER-2) 1Km (SeaWiFS Pixel Size)

[San Diego Sewage Plume]

Ames ASTL

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First NASA U-2 Image of San Francisco Bay

(Sept. 4, 1979)

ER-2 Aircraft at low altitude

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San Francisco From 65,000 ft (1972)San Francisco ER-2 AOCI Image (50 m.)

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San Pablo Bay Water Color ER-2 TMS Image, c. 1986

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San Francisco Bay Surface Temperature (ER-2 MAS Thermal Infrared, 3/27/04, 50m)

Ames Research Center

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Thermal Plume from Hunters Point Power Plant (C-130 NS001, c. 1984. 7 m.)

Thermal Plume from Hunters Point Power Plant (C-130 NS001, c. 1984. 7 m.)

Thermal IR (water) + Natural Color (land)Ames Research Center

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Bair Island AreaMASTER 3/13/2000

(for USGS Wetland Research Center)

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AVIRIS Hyper-Spectral Data Cube of South Bay(1997, 20m)

Courtesy of JPL

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Newark Quad Wetland Mapping Project(NASA/EPA/USFWS, 1985)

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Extreme Low Tide, Showing SAVNASA U-2 Color Infrared Photograph, 1975

(PI: Chavez, USGS)

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IMAGE CLASSIFICATION MAP OVERLAID ON 3-meter Ortho-rectified TMS Data

Northern Puget Sound, Washington Eelgrass beds (Zostera Marina) Using an Airborne Thematic Mapper Simulator at Extreme Low Tide

NASA/EPA

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The New UAV-AMS Ocean Color Imager

Band Center Wl, nm1 412*2 443*3 490*4 510*5 555*6 6207 670*8 770*9 860*

10 1024 11 11.5um *SeaWiFS Bands

Aircraft Platforms: Altair or Global Hawk UAV, ER-2, WB-57, B200, Cessna Caravan

• SeaWiFS Bands + Thermal IR for SST

• Variable Resolution (2 – 50 meters)

• Automatic Geo-Referencing

• Highly Calibrated

Ames ASTL

The General Atomics Altair UAV

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Recent Flight Test Data From the

UAV-AMS (Autonomous Modular Sensor)(April 20, 2006)

Sky Research Cessna 208 Caravan

(OK, not a UAV – but a lot cheaper!)

AMS Spectrometer & Scan Head

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Guadalupe Slough (8 m.)

Natural Color Thermal IR

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Dumbarton Bridge Area (8 m.)

Natural Color Thermal Infrared

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Richmond-San Rafael Bridge (8 m.)

Natural Color Thermal IR

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Stevens Creek Outlet (8 m.)

Natural Color Thermal IR

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Sacramento Delta - Liberty Island Levee BreachNASA AMS Sensor 4/20/06 2 m. resolution)

Natural Color

Thermal IR

Sacramento Deep Water Channel

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Sacramento River Delta Area

Frank’s Tract Thermal IR (2 m.)

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Towards an Integrated Sensor Web for Coastal Observations…

Courtesy MBARI