The Short Wave Aerostat-Mounted Imager (SWAMI): A novel platform for acquiring remotely sensed data from a tethered balloon

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-264

  Vierling, Lee A ^a   Fersdahl, Mark ^b   Chen, Xuexia ^c   Li, Zhengpeng ^c   Zimmerman, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS; Hyperspectral remote sensing; Short Wave Aerostat Mounted Imager; SWAMI; Tethered balloon; Trace gas flux scaling; UAV; Unmanned aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

FLUXES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGE SENSORS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING; SHORT WAVE AEROSTAT-MOUNTED IMAGER (SWAMI); TETHERED BALLOONS; TRACE GAS FLUX SCALING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

RADIO BALLOONS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BALLOON OBSERVATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; TRACE GAS;

EID: 33746243628     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2005.01.021     Document Type: Article

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