This paper 1,2 presents the preliminary results obtained within a research project aimed at the d... more This paper 1,2 presents the preliminary results obtained within a research project aimed at the development of a remote sensing system for forest fires monitoring in missions of compact airborne platforms. The core of the system is an integrated, multi-/hyper-spectral suite of electro-optical sensors. They were selected to get enhanced ability in forest fire detection and monitoring. The system is completed by a dedicated on-board computer for sensor control. It is capable of autonomous operation and it is also in charge of data exchange with the on-board navigation and flight control system. Two different configurations are described, relevant to different aircrafts: a mini UAV and a certified, two-seat light aircraft. Results of the first flight experiments are presented, that highlight performance achievable by the system.
Remote sensing of soil water content from air-or space-borne platforms offer the possibility to p... more Remote sensing of soil water content from air-or space-borne platforms offer the possibility to provide large spatial coverage and temporal continuity. The water content can be actually monitored in a thin soil layer, usually up to a depth of 0.05 m below the soil ...
EAGLE2006-an intensive field campaign for the advances in land surface hydrometeorological proces... more EAGLE2006-an intensive field campaign for the advances in land surface hydrometeorological processes-was carried out in the Netherlands from 8th to 18th June 2006, involving 16 institutions with in total 67 people from 16 different countries. In addition to the acquisition of multiangle and multi-sensor satellite data, several airborne instruments-an optical imaging sensor, an imaging microwave radiometer, and a flux airplane-were deployed and extensive
HyperScout is the first smart hyperspectral imager for nanosatellites. It has been launched on th... more HyperScout is the first smart hyperspectral imager for nanosatellites. It has been launched on the 2nd of February 2018 at 8:51 CET, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China. The launch vehicle Long March 2D lifted off on schedule and the satellite was separated from the launch vehicle minutes later. Approximately after 6 hours the first contact was established by GomSpace in Aalborg, Denmark. HyperScout is based on a long line of development led by cosine. The project to develop, build and launch the first HyperScout was funded by ESA, with support from the Dutch, Belgian and Norwegian national space organizations: Netherlands Space Office, BELSPO and Norsk Romsenter. cosine, as the prime contractor, enlisted the help of consortium partners S&T, TU Delft, VDL and VITO. The applications for which HyperScout has been conceived for are crop water management, fire hazard monitoring, flood detection, change detection of land use and land coverage and vegetation monitoring. The ...
EAGLE2006 -an intensive field campaign for the advances in land surface hydrometeorological proce... more EAGLE2006 -an intensive field campaign for the advances in land surface hydrometeorological processes -was carried out in the Netherlands from 8th to 18th June 2006, involving 16 institutions with in total 67 people from 16 different countries. In addition to the acquisition of multiangle and multi-sensor satellite data, several airborne instruments -an optical imaging sensor, an imaging microwave radiometer, and a flux airplane -were deployed and extensive Correspondence to: Z. Su (b [email protected])
This paper 1,2 presents the preliminary results obtained within a research project aimed at the d... more This paper 1,2 presents the preliminary results obtained within a research project aimed at the development of a remote sensing system for forest fires monitoring in missions of compact airborne platforms. The core of the system is an integrated, multi-/hyper-spectral suite of electro-optical sensors. They were selected to get enhanced ability in forest fire detection and monitoring. The system is completed by a dedicated on-board computer for sensor control. It is capable of autonomous operation and it is also in charge of data exchange with the on-board navigation and flight control system. Two different configurations are described, relevant to different aircrafts: a mini UAV and a certified, two-seat light aircraft. Results of the first flight experiments are presented, that highlight performance achievable by the system.
Remote sensing of soil water content from air-or space-borne platforms offer the possibility to p... more Remote sensing of soil water content from air-or space-borne platforms offer the possibility to provide large spatial coverage and temporal continuity. The water content can be actually monitored in a thin soil layer, usually up to a depth of 0.05 m below the soil ...
EAGLE2006-an intensive field campaign for the advances in land surface hydrometeorological proces... more EAGLE2006-an intensive field campaign for the advances in land surface hydrometeorological processes-was carried out in the Netherlands from 8th to 18th June 2006, involving 16 institutions with in total 67 people from 16 different countries. In addition to the acquisition of multiangle and multi-sensor satellite data, several airborne instruments-an optical imaging sensor, an imaging microwave radiometer, and a flux airplane-were deployed and extensive
HyperScout is the first smart hyperspectral imager for nanosatellites. It has been launched on th... more HyperScout is the first smart hyperspectral imager for nanosatellites. It has been launched on the 2nd of February 2018 at 8:51 CET, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China. The launch vehicle Long March 2D lifted off on schedule and the satellite was separated from the launch vehicle minutes later. Approximately after 6 hours the first contact was established by GomSpace in Aalborg, Denmark. HyperScout is based on a long line of development led by cosine. The project to develop, build and launch the first HyperScout was funded by ESA, with support from the Dutch, Belgian and Norwegian national space organizations: Netherlands Space Office, BELSPO and Norsk Romsenter. cosine, as the prime contractor, enlisted the help of consortium partners S&T, TU Delft, VDL and VITO. The applications for which HyperScout has been conceived for are crop water management, fire hazard monitoring, flood detection, change detection of land use and land coverage and vegetation monitoring. The ...
EAGLE2006 -an intensive field campaign for the advances in land surface hydrometeorological proce... more EAGLE2006 -an intensive field campaign for the advances in land surface hydrometeorological processes -was carried out in the Netherlands from 8th to 18th June 2006, involving 16 institutions with in total 67 people from 16 different countries. In addition to the acquisition of multiangle and multi-sensor satellite data, several airborne instruments -an optical imaging sensor, an imaging microwave radiometer, and a flux airplane -were deployed and extensive Correspondence to: Z. Su (b [email protected])
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