Field Spectroscopy Facility (FSF)
Lead Research Organisation:
King's College London
Department Name: NCEO Kings
Abstract
Earth Observation (EO) is an essential tool for understanding terrestrial, marine, freshwater, cryospheric and atmospheric processes at globally significant scales. There are enormous scientific and commercial opportunities arising from these data as the global array of EO platforms and sensors increases rapidly. Much EO relies on satellite measurements of electromagnetic radiation reflected or emitted by the Earth. These space data require careful interpretation against local field observations of spectra in order to best extract the information pertaining to Earth's environment.
NERC's Field Spectroscopy Facility (FSF) will support this process, providing a critical mass in field spectroscopic operation, technical innovation and financial efficiency for UK science. FSF will underpin EO analysis across environmental science domains by providing direct community access to advanced spectroscopic instruments, calibration facilities, and field support and advice. FSF will support the development of techniques to estimate environmental parameters from remotely sensed spectral measures, and for the ground validation and calibration of near-earth, airborne and satellite EO data. FSF will also support relevant and critical international activities that underpin spectroscopic interpretation. FSF national capability is linked to its unique combination of instrument expertise, direct access laboratory/calibration facilities, field work logistics support, high quality training and equipment for loan.
FSF will provide a unique facility, supplying UK scientists not only with equipment, but with the training, optical laboratory access and guidance at all project stages, from methods development to in-field support through to data analysis. FSF will provide users with training to be experts in field spectroscopy techniques, to understand the measurements they are making, the equipment they are using, and how to get the most out of their fieldwork and data. FSF is committed to delivering this science support to a broad user community, from EO experts who lead spectroscopic technique development, to environmental scientists who need support to interpret and analyse EO data to address their science. FSF will engage and support communities from terrestrial, oceanic and atmospheric domains, and across disciplines from field biology, ecology, land use, biogeochemistry, meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, volcanology, cryosphere, marine science among others. FSF will host and support a pool of modern, field-ready instruments for use by the UK science community: field spectroradiometers, an open path FTIR spectrometer, tracking and handheld sun photometers and an underwater optical sensor suite. FSF will provide a direct access optical calibration laboratory, providing users with the capability to calibrate and characterise their equipment to traceable national standards. These facilities will also allow FSF to conduct 'in-house' research and development, optimising spectrometer system performance, to produce new methods and tools to support NERC scientists. FSF has advanced understanding of its equipment and their physical measurements, allowing FSF to give its users more insight into data, their limitations and how they can best be utilised. FSF will also support calibration of NCEO instrumentation and implementation of relevant NCEO NC science. The goal for FSF will be to maximise access to its resources and to support the highest impact science as a result.
NERC's Field Spectroscopy Facility (FSF) will support this process, providing a critical mass in field spectroscopic operation, technical innovation and financial efficiency for UK science. FSF will underpin EO analysis across environmental science domains by providing direct community access to advanced spectroscopic instruments, calibration facilities, and field support and advice. FSF will support the development of techniques to estimate environmental parameters from remotely sensed spectral measures, and for the ground validation and calibration of near-earth, airborne and satellite EO data. FSF will also support relevant and critical international activities that underpin spectroscopic interpretation. FSF national capability is linked to its unique combination of instrument expertise, direct access laboratory/calibration facilities, field work logistics support, high quality training and equipment for loan.
FSF will provide a unique facility, supplying UK scientists not only with equipment, but with the training, optical laboratory access and guidance at all project stages, from methods development to in-field support through to data analysis. FSF will provide users with training to be experts in field spectroscopy techniques, to understand the measurements they are making, the equipment they are using, and how to get the most out of their fieldwork and data. FSF is committed to delivering this science support to a broad user community, from EO experts who lead spectroscopic technique development, to environmental scientists who need support to interpret and analyse EO data to address their science. FSF will engage and support communities from terrestrial, oceanic and atmospheric domains, and across disciplines from field biology, ecology, land use, biogeochemistry, meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, volcanology, cryosphere, marine science among others. FSF will host and support a pool of modern, field-ready instruments for use by the UK science community: field spectroradiometers, an open path FTIR spectrometer, tracking and handheld sun photometers and an underwater optical sensor suite. FSF will provide a direct access optical calibration laboratory, providing users with the capability to calibrate and characterise their equipment to traceable national standards. These facilities will also allow FSF to conduct 'in-house' research and development, optimising spectrometer system performance, to produce new methods and tools to support NERC scientists. FSF has advanced understanding of its equipment and their physical measurements, allowing FSF to give its users more insight into data, their limitations and how they can best be utilised. FSF will also support calibration of NCEO instrumentation and implementation of relevant NCEO NC science. The goal for FSF will be to maximise access to its resources and to support the highest impact science as a result.
Organisations
- King's College London (Lead Research Organisation)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (Collaboration)
- European Association of National Metrology Institutes (EURAMET) (Collaboration)
- Center for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Europe (Collaboration)
- National Physical Laboratory (Collaboration)
- European Space Agency (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
Publications
Alberti C
(2022)
Improved calibration procedures for the EM27/SUN spectrometers of the COllaborative Carbon Column Observing Network (COCCON)
in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Assmann J
(2020)
Drone data reveal heterogeneity in tundra greenness and phenology not captured by satellites
in Environmental Research Letters
Banks A
(2020)
Fiducial Reference Measurements for Satellite Ocean Colour (FRM4SOC)
in Remote Sensing
Belcher A
(2021)
Experimental determination of reflectance spectra of Antarctic krill ( Euphausia superba ) in the Scotia Sea
in Antarctic Science
Berra E
(2019)
Assessing spring phenology of a temperate woodland: A multiscale comparison of ground, unmanned aerial vehicle and Landsat satellite observations
in Remote Sensing of Environment
Bisset R
(2022)
Using thermal UAV imagery to model distributed debris thicknesses and sub-debris melt rates on debris-covered glaciers
in Journal of Glaciology
Bradter U
(2020)
Classifying grass-dominated habitats from remotely sensed data: The influence of spectral resolution, acquisition time and the vegetation classification system on accuracy and thematic resolution.
in The Science of the total environment
Bradter U
(2020)
Field spectroscopy data from non-arable, grass-dominated objects in an intensively used agricultural landscape in East Anglia, UK.
in Data in brief
Brown L
(2022)
Calibration and characterisation of four chlorophyll meters and transmittance spectroscopy for non-destructive estimation of forest leaf chlorophyll concentration
in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
| Title | FSF Headwall Hyperspectral Imager |
| Description | Video of the first project flight of our Headwall hyperspectral imager. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Raises the visibility of facility. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJZEjAJhvr4&ab_channel=NERCFieldSpectroscopyFacility |
| Title | How to use a Solar Light Microtops II Sunphotometer (with Python) |
| Description | Video showing the use of a Microtops sunphotometer |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Has been used to show the use of a sunphotometer for to users not based in the UK, or when travel has been restricted. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pg6hpImQ1c&ab_channel=NERCFieldSpectroscopyFacility |
| Description | Funding for Leicester Secondment and Development of Hyperspectral Imaging Characterisation Protocol by NPL |
| Amount | £34,640 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | NERC Capital Fund for 5 x CIMEL Sunphotometers |
| Amount | £247,088 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 04/2021 |
| Description | NERC National Capability Commissioning - Services & Facilities |
| Amount | £945,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | NERC Targeted Resource Funding for Operations technician post |
| Amount | £68,225 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | Transformational Capital for UAV Hyperspectral Imager and GHG Mega-city monitoring network. |
| Amount | £1,100,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | CHIMES |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | FSF is involved in the Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging (CHIME) Mission Advisory Group for the European Space Agency (ESA). This involves field support for its AVIRIS airborne campaign. This is in the form of ground targets, sunphotometer, and in-field support with field spectrometer loans and flight of our Headwall hyperspectral UAV. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They're building a satellite. |
| Impact | TBD. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Cambridge Centre for Earth Observation |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Department | Department of Plant Sciences |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | FSF partnered with the Cambridge Centre for Earth Observation to enhance our network. Their website is a central resource for those interested in the remote sensing activities of the Centre and their partners. Joining as a partner gives users of the Centre, both from the University of Cambridge and elsewhere, more information about the equipment and expertise at the facility, and contact information to get in touch with us. We have also have provided blog-style posts showcasing FSF-supported work. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Center offers a platform to increase our visibility within the UK remote sensing world. |
| Impact | Directory listing of FSF contact details on site with wider/differing base to FSF Blog style post of FSF-supported work |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Geokonzept Headwall |
| Organisation | Center for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Through the purchase of our Headwall Hyperspectral imager, we have a good working collaboration as part of the Center for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Europe (CHRSE) through Headwall and geo-konzept. We have presented material on the Facility and our hyperspectral imager at the Autumn CHRSE meet in 2020. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This collaboration has many benefits in extending our visibility outside of the UK. This enabled us to work with geo-konzept to fly a mission in Germany when travel restrictions meant we could not attend in person. We have also seen commercial interest in our hyperspectral capability as a result of the autumn meeting. |
| Impact | Meeting participation leveraging local contacts to borrow equipment and perform flights. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | HYPERNET |
| Organisation | National Physical Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | FSF collaborated with the Earth Observation, Climate and Optical Group at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) to establish a new vicarious satellite calibration site in Gobabeb, Namibia as part of the HYPERNETS Horizon 2020 project (involving a consortium of 6 European and one Argentinian institution: RBINS, TARTU, SU, CNR, NPL, GFZ, CONICET), and help characterise a new RadCalNet site (ESA, NASA, Magellium, NPL, CNES, AOE + MetEOC-3). For this campaign, FSF designed and carried out detailed ground surveys using our new MAIA Sentinel2 Multispectral Camera (Sal Engineering) and RTK-enabled SVC 1024i field spectrometer along multiple transects at the prospective RadCalNet and HYPERNETS sites, which will be used to look at BDRF variance at different spatial scales. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NPL is the lead group, coordinating the field campaign and data analysis. |
| Impact | DFOV methodology for field spectroscopy surveys. DFOV python script for automatically applying irradiance correction. Ground based MAIA S2 Camera use and processing workflow. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | IEEE Hyperspectral Working Group |
| Organisation | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Department | IEEE Standards Association |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | FSF is directly involved in the IEEE Working group on Standard for Characterization and Calibration of Ultraviolet through Shortwave Infrared (250 nm to 2500 nm) Hyperspectral Imaging Devices. This involves meetings and discussions to establish standards in terminology and lab techniques across groups. This involves participation in round-robin lab calibration exercises. Recently we have been involved in characterising stray light as part of the working groups' subcommittee on stray light and are contributing to a document on radiometric standards and calibration for the radiometry subgroup. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Hyperspectral imaging is an innovative and exciting technology that hold incredible diagnostic, scientific and categorization power. Current industry innovation is a testament to the creative power and imagination of the diverse community seeking to optimize this technology. However, fundamental instrument performance is not well characterized, well understood or well represented to suit distinct application endeavors or commercial market expectations. Establishing a common language, technical specification, testing criteria, task-specific recommendations and common data formats are essential to allowing this technology to achieve its true altruistic and economic market potential. The working group needs passionate experts that are willing to lend their time and experience to transform this world-changing imaging technique into reliable, predictable tools for science and industry. |
| Impact | Improvements in intercomparability of our equipment with that of other laboratories Generation of lab protocols for characterizing spectometers and hyperspectral imaging sensors. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | NEWSTAND Project |
| Organisation | European Association of National Metrology Institutes (EURAMET) |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | FSF has been invited to work as a work package provider for the New Calibration Standards and Methods for Radiometry and Photometry After Phaseout of Incandescent Lamps (NEWSTAND) project. Working with other European metrology labs, we will help to standardize methodologies for radiometric calibrations post phaseout of incandescent lamps. |
| Collaborator Contribution | EURAMET are the orgnaizing body for NEWSTAND. They have brought together European metrology labs, led in the UK by the National Physics Laboratory, to generate a series of work packages to address the issue raised above. |
| Impact | No outcomes so far, as project still in early stages. NPL and FSF have worked on a preliminary schedule for intercalibration of spectrometers. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Title | DFOV Processing Script |
| Description | Script automatically applies DFOV correction to field spectrometer measurements when using them in DFOV configuration. Producing reflectance values corrected for variation in solar irradiance. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Streamlined data processing |
| Title | NERC-FSF/FieldSpecUtils: FieldSpecUtils |
| Description | Sentinel-2 and WorldView resampling convolution for field spectroscopy data covering the 350 to 2500 nm (interpolated to 1 nm) spectral range |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | FieldSpecUtils has been used for the resampling of ground spectra to ESA Sentinel-2 SRFs. |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10723142 |
| Title | Python 3 Microtops Data Downloader |
| Description | Data downloader for Microtops Sunphotometers. Improves on native RS232 communication and updates Python 2 modules. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Simple useful tool to make using microtops sunphotometers easier. |
| URL | https://github.com/NERC-FieldSpectroscopyFacility/PyMicrotops3 |
| Description | ATSC Training Course: Practical use of Earth Observation Data in Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Annual workshop, joint with NEODAAS delivered virtually during 2020 to c. 30 PhD/postdoctoral researchers over 4 days. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://data.neodaas.ac.uk/files/training_october_2020/ |
| Description | British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2023 -- NERC FSF Remote Sensing Workshop, "Remote sensing for ecology: From gathering data with field spectroscopy to image classification" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The facility hosted a workshop that was held during the British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2023, hosted in Belfast during December 2023, and entitled "Remote sensing for ecology: From gathering data with field spectroscopy to image classification". The workshop was attended by 55 individuals, primarily PhD students but also research academics, those working in the private sector, and those working in NGOs. Background of attendees was international. The workshop lasted four hours, and provided an introduction to remote sensing, from acquiring earth observation data using field spectroscopy, to using remote sensing derived parameters to classify airborne and satellite imagery. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/events/bes-annual-meeting-2023/workshops/ |
| Description | Cambridge Open Science Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | FSF presented its upcoming UAV sensor capability to a UK Polar Network event focused on drone technology in Polar Sciences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Documentary Interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | FSF Operations Manager was interviewed whilst in Antarctica, on his research, remote sensing validation and UK tools for EO, for the Life and Science Documentary in Chile. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | EGU General Assembly |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: London Carbon Emission Experiment Presented by Neil Humpage of the University of Leicester, with materials from FSF. Presentation on the first deployment of the NERC FSF GHG network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-21177.html |
| Description | Edinburgh: Global Change Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Seminar delivered on using field spectroscopy to build models to detect ecology in remote locations. Scaling between ground and satellite observations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Exhibit at British Ecology Society Annual Meeting, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | FSF exhibited the services and new capability available through our facility at the Annual Meeting of the British Ecology Society in Belfast. This involved an instrument showcase with field spectrometers and drones/thermal imagery. As well as talking with academics about using remote sensing within their research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/events/annual-meeting-2019/ |
| Description | General Assembly of the Copernicus networks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Network building virtual assembly amongst other European Commission, Copernicus Academy and Copernicus Relay members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.copernicus.eu/en/events/events/online-general-assembly-copernicus-networks |
| Description | IEEE Hyperspectral Working Group Meetings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | IEEE Working Group meets monthly (see Collaboration and Partnerships section for more info on the scope of the working group). Generally, the meetings are discussion on terminology, best practise, lab characterisation standards and the technology behind hyperspectral imaging. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://sagroups.ieee.org/sagroups-hyperspectral/meeting-agenda-minutes/ |
| Description | International Science Advisory Board Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | FSF presented its capability to an international science advisory board coordinated by NCEO. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Poster at ESA LPS 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 05:22 pm The NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility Spectral Atmospheric Suite (SAS) -- a portable trace gas measurement network for GHG validation studies Dr. Robbie Ramsay | NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility | United Kingdom Hide details Authors: Dr. Robbie Ramsay | NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility | United Kingdom Dr. Andrew Gray | NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility | United Kingdom Jack Gillespie | NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility | United Kingdom Mathew Williams | NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility Satellite observations of greenhouse gases (GHG) are greatly enhanced when used in conjunction with ground-based sensor networks. By using clusters of spectroscopic instruments measuring GHG column abundances at locations along the satellite overpass, critical validation data for satellite GHG measurements can be provided. In particular, missions such as NASA OCO-3 and the upcoming UKSA-CNES MicroCarb - which will provide measurements of CO2 over cities - would be aided by the presence of such ground based networks around and within urban areas. These would act as both validation sites for satellite GHG measurements, and as a long term measurement network of GHG column abundances, improving the understanding of carbon dynamics within urban areas. However, there has previously existed a gap in the provision of such ground based networks, due to expense, infrastructure concerns, and the ability to provide autonomously acquired, high resolution data. This issue is exacerbated in areas of restricted or minimal site infrastructure, such as in city centres or remote site locations of interest e.g. peatlands, tropical forests. To fill this gap, the NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility (FSF) has developed the Spectral Atmospheric Suite (SAS), a suite of high resolution, portable and autonomous spectroscopic instruments which can be deployed by FSF as a cluster network, available for research communities in the UK and internationally. The SAS consists of three discrete instrument "nodes", which can be deployed individually or as part of a network cluster. Each instrument node consists of a Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometer (the EM27/SUN (Bruker GmbH, Germany), spectral range: 5,000 - 14,500 cm-1), measuring the column abundances of CO2, CH4 and CO; a 2D MAX-DOAS (the 2D SkySpec (AirYX GmbH, Germany), spectral range: 300 - 565 nm), measuring the slant column densities of a range of trace gases including NO2 and SO2; an automatic weather station (Vaisala, Finland) measuring meteorological parameters required for the retrievals of GHGs and trace gases; and a sun-sky-lunar sunphotometer (CIMEL Electronic, France), measuring aerosol optical thickness. Combined, each node represents an autonomous "miniature supersite", capable of providing long term measurements as a ground based validation site for satellite measurements of GHGs and other trace gases. Each node is portable and has a low spatial footprint, allowing for easy deployment in areas of minimal or restricted infrastructure, such as city centres or remote wetland regions. We present here an overview of the NERC FSF Spectral Atmospheric Suite and how, as part of its current deployment until 2022 with the University of Leicester's London Carbon Emissions Experiment, it will provide a ground based validation site for upcoming missions such as UKSA-CNES MicroCarb. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at Snow Algal Meet 2020 Virtual Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presenting FSF research into ecological monitoring of Antarctic ecosystems using field spectroscopy/EO data |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | SENSE CDT Training on Atmospheric Correction |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 2 days of training to NERC's EO CDT "SENSE". Training on atmospheric correction delivered joint with NEODAAS in a virtual environment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Scottish Biodiversity Conference Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | FSF presented its drone/sensor capability in a presentation at the Scottish Biodiversity conference at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | TV interview on NERC investment on drone technology for remote sensing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TV interview given to BBC Scotland on report linking drones to geosciences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Talk at ESA LPS 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk at ESA Living Planet Syposium. C4.01.1 Innovative UAV applications - 1 01:30 pm The NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility UAV Suite Jack Gillespie | NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility | United Kingdom Hide details Authors: Jack Gillespie | NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility | United Kingdom Dr. Andrew Gray | NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility | United Kingdom Dr. Robbie Ramsay | NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility | United Kingdom Mathew Williams | NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility | United Kingdom The NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility (Edinburgh, UK) has provided ground based spectroscopic instrumentation and expertise for UK and international researchers for 16 years, often in support of airborne spectroscopic surveys. A gap, however, has previously existed in the spatial scale of the measurements which the facility could provide. Hyperspectral imagers can show < mm spatial variations in reflectance at ground level, but provision of plot or even landscape scale was limited to support of airborne campaigns. Deploying hyperspectral imagers on a drone based platform would be a step change in data acquisition, allow researchers seeking FSF support too easily scale up hyperspectral reflectance indices over large areas, perform individual-level plant species mapping, monitor plant disease or stress, measure sun induced fluorescence, detect invasive species or perform spatial investigation of different plant physiological traits, all with the potential for satellite data integration. With recent developments in drone and sensor technology, we have recently been able to combine our expertise in field spectroscopy, as well as our extensive instrument library, with new and emerging UAV technologies, to provide a dedicated Field Spectroscopy Facility (FSF) UAV Suite, which can be loaned to UK and international research groups. To support the varying demands of research questions, the suite provides a number of dedicated drone and sensor platforms, which - due to the modular nation of the UAVs and sensors used - allow for novel, custom solutions. All sensors provided are calibrated and quality assured by FSF staff at the facility's optical dark lab, and data processing and piloting services are also provided. In this presentation, we outline select campaigns which the FSF UAV suite has so far been, or is preparing to be, involved in. This includes the use of a UAV mounted hyperspectral imager with LIDAR capability used in support of agricultural drought measurements; the use of the same drone-sensor for the detection of marine plastics from space; the use of a multispectral camera (equipped with the same wavelength intervals used by Sentinel-2) for UAV archaeological surveying; and the planned use of a UAV mounted solar induced fluorescence sensor package as part of the ESA FLEX mission. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | The 16th International Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Measurements from Space |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on the London GHG Carbon Emissions Experiment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Virtual Workshop hosted by the Center for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Europe (CHRSE). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation on Field Spectroscopy Facility with focus on our new UAV imaging capability |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://analytik.co.uk/dont-miss-the-chrse-autumn-workshop/?utm_campaign=CHRSE%20Autumn%20Event%20Pr... |