HS Thread at Work Thread: sequence of activities from acquisition, through base processing, interpretation and finally to product presentation Working Group: 'committee' type of activity with a specific time-frame that investigates feasibility and develops or specifies outcomes

HS Thread at Work Task: A modular component, often short-term (one to three years)

HS Thread at Work The Thread therefore is Hyperspectral Task Hyperion Activities Inter-related & supporting activities

HS Thread at Work Hyperspectral Task Objectives The Hyperspectral Working Group concluded that: even though HS research was being undertaken in a number of CSIRO divisions, "common" access to high quality hyperspectral data was lacking and coordination and collaboration between the HS research groups was warranted.

HS Thread at Work Hyperspectral Task Objectives (cont) Work with other EOC Task areas to develop solutions to generic research issues associated with instrument calibration, data reduction including geometric modelling and normalisation for atmospheric and BRDF effects plus general field instrument deployment and use Work with other EOC Tasks to develop an effective Field Spectroscopy Program to establish standardised measurement protocols, a base of instruments and help train EOC members to ensure high quality calibration and validation activity for missions

HS Thread at Work Hyperspectral Task Objectives (cont) Carry out a set of field/airborne campaigns over selected sites to generate a high quality base of hyperspectral data for research in EOC and Australia. The data are to include effective site and ancillary information combined with the hyperspectral data in raw and processed formats and documented to provide a sound base for innovative R&D Develop a HS spectral library for a wide range of use and evaluation of Spectral Library methods and their effectiveness in environmental unmixing

HS Thread at Work Hyperspectral Task Objectives (cont) Use the base of EOC HS data to establish & develop algorithms for a specified range of applications, which reflect the investment in sites & field campaigns. These will be from among geological, tropical & temperate vegetation, coastal & estuarine waters & rangelands applications. Seek external & international collaboration in the EOC site activities as well as collaboration in hyperspectral missions in Australia & coming satellite opportunities such as Hyperion, ARIES, CHRIS, and NEMO

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Lessons Learned People Instruments Protocols Data  Products

HS Thread at Work Millenium Workshop Combine the needs and interests of a number of EOC threads and tasks.

HS Thread at Work Millenium Workshop (cont) Field Work Address field procedures and the collection of data. Cross calibrate instruments and highlight any deficiencies in data collection and processing

HS Thread at Work Millenium Workshop (cont) Workshop An opportunity to discuss procedures and techniques with colleagues A semi formal approach to the data reporting and review of documentation. Highlight and address differences in the results obtained by various instruments

HS Thread at Work Millenium Workshop (cont) Major Planned Outcome Draw attention to areas where extra resources will need to be allocated to help streamline data collection, processing and reporting.

HS Thread at Work Office of Space Science and Applications Earth Observation Centre

HS Thread at Work Office of Space Science and Applications Earth Observation Centre Bureau of Met Radiation Equipment

HS Thread at Work Office of Space Science and Applications Earth Observation Centre Setting up equipment

HS Thread at Work Office of Space Science and Applications Earth Observation Centre GER & ASD

HS Thread at Work Office of Space Science and Applications Earth Observation Centre Uardry Field Site

HS Thread at Work HYPERION The first non-military hyperspectral space- borne instrument NASA EO-1 Mission Built by TRW

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HYPERION (Cont) - Briefings & Visits CEM (Sydney) - ARIES & Mt Fitton Overfly Mt Fitton, Lake Frome, Tinga Tingana Site visit - Tinga Tingana (CAR & EOC staff) Overfly and site visit - Uardy (CAR staff) Visit CL&W, AUSLIG and EOC ANUTech Overfly and site visit - Kioloa (F&FP staff)

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Lake Frome

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HS Thread at Work “I’m sure we will be able to see this from space”

HS Thread at Work Uardry Tower from the air

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Shadowband

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Hyperion Field Discussions “On the fly”

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HYPERION Cal/Val - Category 1 Understanding Instrument Performance Radiometric Calibration (Radcal) Spectral Calibration (Spec) Ground Sample Distance (GSD) Modulation Transfer Function (MTF)

HS Thread at Work HYPERION Cal/Val - Category 2 Radiometric Calibration “Reference” sites  spatially large  spatially uniform  spectrally uniform  unchanging (ie a reliable expectation of seeing the same thing over and over during the mission)

HS Thread at Work HYPERION Cal/Val - Category 3 Performance Assessment To be visited after instrument characterisation is well underway

HS Thread at Work Some outcomes from NASA/TRW Visit Strong support for Australian sites from NASA & TRW Scientific collaboration with US PIs Visit of NASA Cal/val expert to Millenium Workshop Opportunity for instrument loans AUSLIG/ACRES download opportunities