NASA NTRS · 20180000176
The Infrared Sensor Suite for SnowEx 2017
Abstract
SnowEx is a winter airborne and field campaign designed to measure snow-water equivalent in forested landscapes. A major focus of Year 1 (2016-17) of NASA's SnowEx campaign will be an extensive field program involving dozens of participants from U.S. government agencies and from many universities and institutions, both domestic and foreign. Along with other instruments, two infrared (IR) sensors will be flown on a Naval Research Laboratory P-3 aircraft. Surface temperature is a critical input to hydrologic models and will be measured during the SnowEx mission. A Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) IR imaging camera system will be flown along with a KT-15 remote thermometer to aid in the calibration of the IR image data. Together, these instruments will measure surface temperature of snow and ice targets to an expected accuracy of less than 1C.
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Hall, D. K., Chickadel, C. C., Crawford, C. J., DeMarco, E. L., Jennings, D. E., Jhabvala, M. D., Kim, E. J., Lundquist, J. D., Lunsford, A. W.. 2017-07-23. The Infrared Sensor Suite for SnowEx 2017. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20180000176
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