Operational Planning

NERC-ARSF MEDITERRANEAN CAMPAIGN 2004.

OPERATIONAL PLANNING

DCALM Contents:

1. Concept

2. Time Frames

3. Aim

4. Team Players

5. Overview

6. Flight Details Med Projects

7. Ground measurment/Equipment Information

8. Aeronautical Information

9. Logistics 10. Car Hire Company (Crew) 11. Hotac (Crew) 12. Hangarage (DCALM) 13. Communications (Crew+Site Co-Ordinator) *CONCEPT*

The ARSF is planning a Mediterranean deployment as part of the Natural Environment Research Council’s centrally funded campaigns in the 2004 flying season. The deployment will be undertaken as a collaborative venture with the unit for landscape modelling University of Cambridge. It is anticipated that the 14 day deployment (Proposed) will take place in April 2004 Deploying from the UK on April14th and will be in position in Crete on Friday to begin Med’ Ops on Saturday 17th April 2004

Flying activities will take place over the Island of Crete Greece Cyprus Slovenia Croatia Italy and France.

The NERC-ARSF operates a highly modified DORNIER-228 research aircraft, the core remote sensing instrument suite comprises an Airborne Thematic mapper (ATM) Compact Airborne Spectographic Imager(Casi) and a large format aerial survey camera providing radiometrically and geometrically corrected digital multispectral data. A processing line to anylize the data is being created at the ARSF operations office at Oxford Airport later this year. Atmospheric instrumentation can also be accommodated via a cabin air inlet and wing mounted PMS pods; and sensors recording ambient temperature and static pressure and humidity are provided for basic atmospheric chemistry experiments.

Additionally during certain months of the year the aircraft is fitted with a Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging Sensor) which will be available to use in concert with the original ARSF instrument suite.

ARSF Mission Statement;

Provide the UK environmental science community and other potential users with the means to obtain remotely sensed data in support of research and survey programmes and provide training and promote good practice in the use of the data and promote awareness application and technology of remote sensing techniques among the wider scientific community TIME FRAME

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 A/c departs Transit Preparation Crew For Med Ready Day-2 Day-3 Day-4 Day-5 Day-6 Day-7 Day-8 Day-9 Day-10 Day-11 Day-12 Day-13 Day-14 Day-15 Day16 Day-17 Day-18 Day-19 Day-20 Day-21 Day-22

ARRIVE IN CRETE-15 APRIL 10 DAY ACQUISITION WINDOW-MAX 10 DAYS

SICILY 6-SITES – MAXIMUM 5 DAY ACQUISITION WINDOW

PISA ITALY ROME INCLUDES SLOVENIA AND CROATIA 5 DAYS ACQUISITION . The aircraft and crew will depart Oxford Airport April14th transit flight to the first base of operations Crete’s Airport ; arriving there on the evening of the 15th April. 1 day will be spent preparing the equipment and readying the aircraft for survey flights, and in all probability we hope to be operationally ready on Saturday17th April.

The deployment will continue for the next 22 days as per the table…

Scheduled departure date from Crete is 24th April destination Sicily

Scheduled departure date from Sicily 30th April destination Pisa (Italy)

Scheduled departure date from Italy 5th May .

These dates are designed as a preferred model operational flexibility and constraints may change some or all of these dates by one or two days, the onus will be on the user to maintain the communication link with the ARSF crew. AIM

 Collect airborne hyperspectral and thermal imagery

 Conduct static and mobile ground measurements

 Build up a data base in order to supplement acacdemic archives

 Gain experience and train new and existing users for future operations TEAM PLAYERS

ARSF; Peter Purcell Campaign Manager. (Off site)

Carl Joseph Pilot- Flight Operations Manager David Davies: Co-Pilot- Project Liaison

Gary Osborn: Instrument Operator

Dr Simon Roberts Lidar Operator/Lidar Planner quality assurance

GROUND TEAMS

TBA FLIGHT DETAILS MEDITERRANEAN (ATTACHED)

Name Telephon Mobile Number Email e No

Anthony 12483829 Dando 04

Gay Mitchelson-Jacob 12487138 77998852 [email protected] 08 78

Kevin 11593633 78709391 [email protected] Northmore 87 77 c.uk

Jon 11593632 77291568 [email protected] Naden 80 46 c.uk

Jonathon 11593632 79513091 jmpe@bgs Pearce 22 64 .ac.uk

Ann Webb 16120039 [email protected] 17

Dickson Cunningham 11625236 77326989 [email protected] 49 30 c.uk

David Pyle 12233333 79416412 dmp11@c 80 90 am.ac.uk

Niels 12233334 [email protected] Hovis 53

Ciraolo Gioseppe (It)3 90916657 93287384 [email protected] 727 244

Eleanor 90916657 93343513 cox@idra. Cox 756 095 unipa.it

Stefano 90691601 [email protected] Pignatti 614

Mat 20767942 77885774 [email protected] Disney 90 01

Bernard 12233345 Devereux 76

Harriet 12237665 79905928 hda1@ca Allen 76 01 m.ac.uk

Gabriel 12233345 79854065 [email protected] Amable 81 67 Simon 12233335 77035334 ss16@ca Stoddart 24 57 m.ac.uk

Stuart 11593634 78908613 shm@bgs. Marsh 52 12 ac.uk

Andy Gize 19287318 [email protected] 76

Aled 19706225 ALR@abe Rowlands 98 r.ac.uk

Sarah 23805960 77950939 [email protected] Fletcher 55 33

Simon 23805927 78028803 [email protected] Boxall 44 95

Geff Petts 39043295 07734212 0175 825

Giovanni 051639884 [email protected] Bartoluzz Fausto +390755014413 [email protected] GUZZETTI Andrej Gosar +38614787274 41696957 [email protected] Stefano Aliani 390187978311 [email protected] Geoff Petts 01214145938 07734212825 [email protected] Alkiviadis Bais 302310998184 [email protected] S.Rapsomanikis 302541079379 6973380048 [email protected] Aris Chassapis 306944665995 [email protected] George 306944910384 [email protected] Vougioukalakis Colin Shell 01223333525 [email protected] Carl Joseph 44 7977503694 07765221589 cjos@nerc. David Davies 44-7765221589 [email protected] Simon Roberts 07752226386 Peter Purcell 01793411649 [email protected] Date:______Control Station__ Time:______Information Source: Julian Day:______

Monument Name/ Number: Base Station GPS Latitude: _ __ _’_ _.” _ _ _ _ Information UTM(m): ______GPS Model: Longitude: _ __ _.’_ _.”_ _ _ _ File Name(s):* UTM(m): ______Ellipsoid Height: Data Rate: Horizontal Datum:

Monument Type: Base Station Name:

Mean Sea Level: Mean Antenna Height: Vertical Datum:

Recorded By:

*FILE NAME FORMAT - Julian Day_StnName_XX E.G. 271_NY_Alesund_01

GPS Base Station Checklist Antenna Antenna Cable Apr- 17 108 Tripod Apr- 18 109 GPS Receiver/ Cables Apr- 19 110 Apr- 20 111 Battery / Power- Power Cables Arp- 21 112 Laptop Apr- 22 113 Apr-23 114 Software Apr- 24 115 Memory Card Apr- 25 116 Apr- 26 117 Plum Line &/or Tape Apr- 27 118 Apr- 28 119 Apr- 29 120 Apr- 30 121 May- 1 122 May- 2 123 Julian Day Calendar May- 3 124 May- 4 125 May- 5 126 May- 6 127 May- 7 128 May- 8 129 May- 9 130 May- 10 131 May- 11 132 May- 12 133 May- 13 134 May- 14 135 May- 15 136 May- 16 137 May- 17 138