1. geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009 “Sensors with Wings” Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for Earth Science Geoff Bland NASA GSFC WFF (614.6) – AeroScienceLab (ASL) 757-824-2855

2. geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009 Measurement Objectives Agricultural and Environmental Observations Atmospheric Measurements Chlorophyll (Ocean Color) Salinity Soil Moisture Snow/Ice Depth

3. geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009 UAS Examples Internally Developed sUAS: –XAP, AEROS –Aerotenna, TwinCam, ImageAireLite Commercially Provided/Operated UAS: –BAI Aerosystems: Tern –AAI/Aerosonde: Aerosonde Other NASA UAS: –SIERRA

4. geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009 Thermal Infrared Imaging Color Infrared Images from ~400 ft

5. geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009 Wallops MicroSpectrometer Miniature System for Chlorophyll Measurements, Including Ocean Color 330 -1100 nm Development Initiated 1999 (Yungel, et al) <5 lb Instrument & Data System (w/Power)

6. geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009 Aerotenna Ocean Marsh Integrated Sensor System Experiment for Salinity, Soil Moisture and Snow & Ice Thickness Measurements Resolution ~10 Meters Prototype Passive L-Band (1.413 GHz) Radiometer (Hilliard, et al) ~12 lb sUAS with Electric Propulsion

7. geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009 TwinCam Low Cost, Easy-to-Field Proof-of-Concept sUAS Visible and Near-Infrared (>695 nm) Video Cameras ~2.5 lb sUAS with Electric Propulsion Developed for Agricultural Research and Remote Sensing Education

8. geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009 ImageAire Lite ii Thermal Infrared, Visible, and Near- Infrared Imagers with Real-Time Video Downlink GPS, Temperature, Humidity, and Pressure Measurements Provisions for Miniature Carbon Dioxide (Anasphere, Vista Photonics) and Sulfur Dioxide (Pieri, et al) Sensors ~6.5 lb sUAS, Suitable for Shipping, Assembles in Ten Minutes

9. geoff.bland@nasa.gov January 29, 2009 Collaboration Potential Services – Instrument Integration, Testing and Field Operations UAS Development and Production Instrument Development and Production