The Environmental Remote Sensing lab has a state of the art facility for remote sensing and environmental modeling.
Computer Facilities:
Computer facilities are located in the recently renovated Center for Biosphere Restoration and Research, and include an research lab with both Linux and Windows based workstations with >12Tb of storage capacity.
A Contex 42” large format scanner allows for input of hard copy data.
A Wacom cintiq on screen digitzing tablet is available for on tablet
digitizing.
Software available includes
- ArcGIS, QGIS and GRASS for GIS processing,
- ENVI, IDL, SEADAS and ERDAS, DORIS, Sarscape, for image processing
- MATLAB for signal processing
- R for statistical applications.
- Pix4d, Agisoft Photoscan, OpenDroneMap for UAV image mosaicing and 3D point cloud extraction
- ARCSWAT and SWMM 5.0 are used for rainfall runoff modeling.
- Hydrolight for forward aquatic light field modeling
- In addition typical Microsoft office products are available.
UAS capabilities are listed on the UAS research page
Spectrometers:
In the field and lab, an ASD VIS/NIR hyperspectral field spectrometer is used to collect spectra at sampling locations and in the lab. Optics are available for both land and water aquisition.
A Wetlabs AC-s hyperspectral absorption spectrometer is used to measure in-water inherent optical properties.
