uafnorthpole flight planninghyperspectral.alaska.edu/pdf/uaf_flight_plan_august_2015.pdf · 2016....

UAFBushHawktestflight-flightplan

Flightdate:08/16/2015 plannedFlightTime:12p.m.to16p.m.(AKDT)

FlightTime:1:30p.m.to3:20p.m.(AKDT)

Pilot:NikkiGuldager

Flightcrews:Dr.MarcelBuchhorn,Dr.AnupmaPrakash,Dr.JordiCristóbal,PatrickGraham(GeophysicalInstitute-UAF).

HySpexoperator:Dr.MarcelBuchhorn

Fieldcrew:P.GrahamandJ.Cristóbal

Flightdetails:

WeplantoflyanareaclosetotheUAFinFairbanksandNorthPoleandwehaverequesteda3hoursflightaroundsolarnoon(2p.m.AKDT).Weselected2possibleflightscenariosandrankedthemfrom1to2(seetable1).Flightsfrom1to2shouldbedoablewithina3-hourflight.

Ranking Sensor-objectdistance(ft) Flightheight(ft) Direction GSD(m)1 2900feet,N-to-S 2900ft North!South 0.52 2900feet,W-to-E 2900ft West!East 0.5

TheimagerywillbeacquiredwithaHySpexVNIR-1800andHySpexSWIR-384hyperspectralcamerasfromNEO(moreinfoathttp://www.hyspex.no/products/vnir_1800.php).

Inallcasesweplantoflyat165km/h(102mphor89knots)andwithaneffectiveframewidth40%to75%sidelap.

Moreinformationabouteachflightbelow.

Flight1:UAF2900feetASL,NorthtoSouth

Lowestelevation(M) 137.00Flyingheight(AGLinM) 2451.00Flyingheight(ASLinM) 884.00Flyingheight(ASLinft) 2900.00Nooflines 9.00Lengthofline(km) 3.70Totallengthofflightwith3kmturningradius(km) 111.00Flyingspeed 165.00Totallinetime(minutes) 40.00

line heading ASL(ft) Speed(mph)

start endLat(DD) Long(DD) Lat(DD) Long(DD)

1 south 2900 89 64.877738 -147.859608 64.844373 -147.8596082 south 2900 89 64.877738 -147.8542852 64.844373 -147.85429183 south 29000 89 64.877738 -147.8489624 64.844373 -147.84897564 South 2900 89 64.877738 -147.8436396 64.844373 -147.84365945 South 2900 89 64.877738 -147.8383168 64.844373 -147.83834326 South 2900 89 64.877738 -147.832994 64.844373 -147.8330277 South 2900 89 64.877737 -147.8276711 64.844373 -147.82771088 South 2900 89 64.877737 -147.8223483 64.844373 -147.82239459 south 2900 89 64.877737 -147.8170255 64.844372 -147.8170783

Max.Frameperiod:10.9ms

UsedFrameperiod:

UsedIntegrationTime:VNIR:

Flight2:NorthPole2900feetASL,WesttoEast

Lowestelevation(M) 130.00Flyingheight(AGLinM) 2474.00Flyingheight(ASLinM) 884.00Flyingheight(ASLinft) 2900.00Nooflines 2.00Lengthofline(km) 4.20Totallengthofflightwith3kmturningradius(km) 18.6Flyingspeed 165.00Totallinetime(minutes) 7

line heading ASL(ft)

Speed(mph)

start endLat(DD) Long(DD) Lat(DD) Long(DD)

1 East 2900 89 64.824650511 -147.44462 64.80130 -147.37581722 East 2900 89 64.822869 -147.44795 64.7995245 -147.3791442

Max.Frameperiod:11ms

UsedFrameperiod:

UsedIntegrationTime:VNIR: