PRISM-19


Optical

Project Overview 

A high resolution digital SLR camera and a NDVI camera as well as a FLIR camera are available to the campaign. The digital camera is a Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III that provides 21MegaPixel full frame images. It has a 24 mm (23°) to 105 mm (84°) variable zoom lens. The digital video camera is a JVC GZ-HD5 with 1920 × 1080 (2.1 MegaPixel) resolution and 10× optical zoom. The optical photos will be collected over the entire sampling area once.

The FLIR A65 is a compact thermal infrared (7.5 – 13 μm) camera measuring temperatures between –40°C and +550°C. It has 45° x 37° Field-Of-View and provides 640 x 512 pixels resolution temperature observations with an accuracy of ±5°C. The FLIR A65 will be installed on the aircraft and used to map centre swath skin temperature during each flight.

Optical Equipment

Canon EOS-1DS Mark 3 (left), video camera (centre), and FLIR A65 thermal infrared camera (right).

Canon EOS-1DS Mark 3 (left), video camera (centre), and FLIR A65 thermal infrared camera (right).

PLEASE NOTE: The following data sets should be acknowledged according to the following:

PRISM-19:

X. Wu, N. Ye, J. Walker, I.-Y. Yeo, T. Jackson, Y. Kerr, E. Kim and A. McGrath. (2019). The P-band Radiometer Inferred Soil Moisture Experiment 2019 WORKPLAN. Monash University, 121.