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PLMR DataPLMR Data

Jeffrey Walker and Valerio Paruscio Jeffrey Walker and Valerio Paruscio Dept of Civil and Env EnggDept of Civil and Env Engg

The The University of Melbourne, AustraliaUniversity of Melbourne, Australia

Ed KimEd KimHydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences LaboratoryHydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences LaboratoryNASA Goddard Space Flight CenterNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States, United States

Jorg HackerJorg HackerAirborne Research AustraliaAirborne Research AustraliaFlinders UniversityFlinders University, Australia, Australia

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Changes to Flight Schedule

• 31/10 – landed to restart loggers• 2/11 – NDVI and photos taken• 9/11 – multiangle for Merriwa Park /w dives• 11/11 – multiangle for Midlothian /w dives• 15/11 – water cal shortly following EMIRAD• 16/11 – multiangle for Merriwa Park /w dives• 17/11 – half thermal imager data missing• 18/11 – multiangle for Cullingral /w dives • 21/11 – coincident with EMIRAD survey• 23/11 – multiangle for Merriwa Park /w dives

plus partial “potato” flight• 25/11 – dew flight with rain; overflew burning

mountain

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62.5m

Brightness Temperature Data62.5m 500m

1000m250m

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TbvTbhNDVI Visible

House/Sheds Moisture ?Vegetation

Water

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Flight Data

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Regional Data: 1km

Legend

amsr2Value

796

183

0 20 Kilometers

Elevation

Visible

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Krui Data: 62.5mElevation

NDVI

Visible

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Krui Data: 62.5m

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Krui Data: 250m

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Krui Data: 500m

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Krui Data: 1km

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Merriwa Data: 62.5m

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Merriwa Data: 250m

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Merriwa Data: 500m

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Merriwa Data: 1km

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Merriwa Data: Dew

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Merriwa Data: Multiangle

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What Data Will You Get?

• Brightness temp only; not a processed soil moisture (or at least not initially)

• Calibrated but “uncorrected” V & H brightness data for each beam with:• ground position (corrected for topog)• incidence angle (corrected for topog)• aircraft data