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Remote Sensing Aircraft Supports Disaster

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Remote Sensing Aircraft Supports Disaster Response

Mark Foster Computer Sciences Corp. NASA Ames Research Center

CENIC 2008 ! March 10!12, 2008

Outline

• Disaster Scenarios
• Remote Sensing Aircraft: Ikhana
• Data collection and redistribution
• Field Retrieval of Data/Imagery
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• Field Retrieval of Data/Imagery
• Successes, feedback
• Affiliated efforts: Google NASA Disaster

Response Project

Disaster Scenarios

• fire

– Zaca Fire ! Santa Barbara – Harris Fire ! San Diego – Lick Fire ! Bay Area

• large scale flooding
• regional earthquake
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• regional earthquake

Geospatial Data for Disaster Response

• awareness is essential

– identify problem areas and priorities – plan logistics, search and rescue – fix access routes and staging areas

• multiple data types & sources

– satellite and aerial imagery

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– satellite and aerial imagery – ground sensors (fixed & mobile) – discrete and streaming data feeds

• multiple users must be supported

– government, commercial, non!profits – US&R, fire, police, community, etc. – range of experience, knowledge, needs

Ikhana: Unmanned Science and Research Aircraft System

• Predator B!derived to support

Earth Science missions and advanced aeronautical technology development

• testbed to improve utility of

unmanned aerial systems

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unmanned aerial systems

• designed for long!endurance,

high!altitude flight; modified and instrumented for multiple civil research roles

• 2400 lbs of instruments, can fly

18K!29K ft, or above 41K ft

• Up to 24 hr data collection flight

Ikhana Autonomous Modular Scanner

• 12 spectral channels,

from visible through reflective, mid! and thermal infrared

• detects thermal

temperature differences from 0.5 to approx. 1,000 degrees F

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1,000 degrees F

• spatial resolution 50 ft at

20,000 ft altitude

• PI: Vince Ambrosia,

NASA Ames Research Center (http://geo.arc.nasa.gov) installing AMS in under!wing sensor pod

Ikhana Mission Planning Process

Display: Google Earth

Publish

HTTP Server

Generate mission plan

Select

kml

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Earth

Weather

NWS, NRL

MODIS

USFS, UMD

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Select Targets

Google Earth

Generate Flight plan

text

Fire Incidents

USGS, NIFC NWS, NRL

Flight Restrictions

FAA

(Collaborative Decision Environment: courtesy Francis Enomoto,NASA ARC)

Data Collection/Distribution

• sensor data

preprocessed on!board

• data downlink via

geosynchronous satellite

• additional data
• processing,
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NASA Ames

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processing, merge with Google Earth data at NASA ARC

• prepare for

redistribution to Incident Command

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Earth

• verlay

geo data prep for redistribution

CDE: Dynamic Data Display, Instant Messaging, Real!time Video

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Collaborative Decision Environment: Google Earth client

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Real!time 3!D rendering and fly through of acquired fire imagery (CDE courtesy Francis Enomoto, NASA ARC)

Ikhana Support for Harris Fire

• sophisticated thermal!

infrared imaging equipment peers through smoke and haze

• hot spots (in yellow) are

concentrated on the ridgeline in the left

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ridgeline in the left center of the photo

• images aid Incident

Commanders in allocating resources

Data Retrieval in the Field

• cell, wireless (HPWREN)

when possible

• NASA DARTCOM, NREN:

portable satellite ground station

– serve isolated command center

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center – higher data rate possible: better fidelity images, improved interactivity – supports data, voice, video capabilities – can provide ethernet, 802.11 for local access

• field deployable KU Band Satellite dish
• 2.8m
• 10 shippable cases
• 1!30 Mbps bidirectional
• NASA Ames permanent ground station

provides a seamless and fully secured link to NASA Ames and internet resources

• supported emergency request by CA!

Governor’s OES, NIFC!NICC, FEMA

• deployed team within 24!hours of request
• flew four missions over

SoCA fires on Oct 24, 25, 26, 28

• delivered data to all fire Incident

Commands (ICs) and county and city Emergency Ops Center’s via CDE

• > of data from ARC server
• Support for SoCA Firestorms
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• > of data from ARC server
• >!" of CDE / day

during six!day period of mission

• provided burn area assessment imagery to

support recovery efforts simultaneously with active fire imagery collection

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WSFM Flights Feedback – Aug / Sept 2007

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Google NASA Disaster Response Project

• objectives

– produce software tools that make a difference – make disaster response faster & better – help save lives and property

• approach

– improve situational awareness after an event

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– improve situational awareness after an event – make geospatial data easy to acquire & use – develop and release open!source tools

• focus areas

– rapid response imaging – user interfaces (command post & mobile) – outreach & community building

(courtesy Terry Fong, NASA ARC)

GeoCam: Low!cost Geospatial Imaging

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(courtesy Terry Fong, NASA ARC)

Automatic Google Earth Overlays

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• geo!referenced image billboards

– enable first responders to manage (and synchronize) large data sets – situational & spatial awareness – replace manual workflow (print, identify, cut, paste, I)

• features
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automatic import of new images (auto!update KML) – position and orientation of camera & image are indicated – billboards can be interactively explored at full resolution – searchable tags + custom icons (e.g., FEMA markings)

(courtesy Terry Fong, NASA ARC)

Summary

, Provide significant societal benefit

from NASA!sponsored earth science, technology and models; can be applied to state, regional and national emergencies.

• Illustrates the success of the

approach of the NASA Applied Science Program to drive science to implementation for the

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to implementation for the betterment of the community.

• The capabilities demonstrated are

currently being implemented by the fire management agency partners. Opportunities exist for other agency partnerships.

• Higher bandwidth service to Incident Command sites and EOC’s is crucial

to maximize utility and capability.

Thank You ! Questions?

Mark Foster Computer Sciences Corp NASA Ames Research Center mark.foster @ nasa.gov

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mark.foster @ nasa.gov More info on wildfire research: geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge/WRAP