2009 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program

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Figure 6: This map shows the nearly 3000km of flight tracks over sea ice during 5 separate science flights of the CASIE payload on the SIERRA UAS. Pyronometers (2) Spectrometer (2) LIDARs (2) Video camera SAR Pyrometers (2) Still cameras (2) Figure 7: This collection of images shows the SIERRA on the Svalbard tarmac and details the instruments integrated into the nose and forward fuselage. 14
Decadal Survey Support Missions Since the National Research Council published its Decadal Survey report, “Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond” in 2007, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate has established science teams and is in the process of implementing these 15 new missions. The Airborne Science program has been working in parallel to support the Decadal Survey missions by flying instrument simulators and algorithm development experiments, and preparing to fly calibration and validation missions. The Program has also established relationships with the science teams to understand their upcoming needs and assist in planning through use of the flight request system and 5-year planning process. In late FY08 and into early FY09, ASP flew PALS on the P-3 in support of Soil Moisture Active- Passive (SMAP). This will be the first of Decadal Survey missions to launch and additional fieldwork is anticipated. The Aerosol-Cloud-Ecosystems (ACE) mission will also make significant use of ASP assets beginning in 2010. The ICESatII mission is being supported by Operation ICE Bridge. Specific campaigns in FY09 in support of Deformation, Ecosystem Structure and Dynamics of Ice (DESDynI) and Active Sensing of CO 2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons (ASCENDS) are discussed in detail below. The IPY experiment flying an experimental Ka-band SAR on the G-III (described in the IPY section) also supported the Surface Water/Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission by flying a payload comparable to a simulator instrument that will be flying in the near future. 15
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payload, and enough fuel for a 4-5
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The Twin-Otter continued its airbor
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Global Hawk NASA Dryden and Northro
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SlERRA The Sensor Integrated Enviro
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Common Data and Communications Syst
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Power Distribution Unit (MPCS/PDU)
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Airborne Sensor Facility Formerly k
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vapor mapping, and was flight-teste
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Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility
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COLLABORATIONS and PARTNERSHIPS
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on the UAS community and that it is
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among research programs with simila
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Media, Education and Outreach NSERC
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ISRSE NASA’s Airborne Science Pro
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Recognition and Awards Spring 2009
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APPENDIX A In Memoriam Frank Caldei
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APPENDIX B Airborne Program History
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APPENDIX C Five-Year Plan Task Name
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