ORNL DAAC GCMD Project Keyword Request: AVUELO

[ORNL-EDL - mthornton]

Hi,

The ORNL DAAC would like to request a new GCMD project vocabulary entry.

Type: Project
Short name: AVUELO
Long name: Airborne Validation Unified Experiment Land to Ocean

Description: Airborne Validation Unified Experiment Land to Ocean (AVUELO) is a NASA investigation that aims to advance the validation of spaceborne hyperspectral data for tropical ecosystems by combining airborne hyperspectral imagery for terrestrial and marine sites in Panama and Costa Rica with contemporaneous field measurements and collections in February 2025. This campaign was led and supported by NASA and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama, with additional major contributions from other scientists and institutions. NASA’s Airborne Visible-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer 3 (AVIRIS-3) was deployed to collect hyperspectral imagery. Terrestrial collection in Panama encompassed many intensively studied sites and wide variation in soil type, geology, rainfall, and vegetation type. In Costa Rica, AVUELO focused on Rincon de la Vieja and Turrialba volcanoes, well-studied forests sites, and Pacific coastal areas in collaboration with the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) team. Associated terrestrial field work focused on acquiring data on the traits and taxonomic identity of canopy plant species captured in the airborne imagery.

Reference: https://striresearch.si.edu/quantitative-forest-ecology/avuelo/

Please let me know if you have any additional questions.

Thank you,
Michele

[Earthdata Search - rcordova]

Thank you for forwarding your keyword request. Staff will review and contact you as soon as they are available.


https://bugs.earthdata.nasa.gov/browse/CMRSCI-4807

[GCMD - tstevens]

@ORNL - mthornton The new project keyword has been added; please review:

• AVUELO > Airborne Validation Unified Experiment Land to Ocean: https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/7da39c91-23d5-41ec-b49c-9b22d09dfaf4?format=rdf&version=draft

[ORNL-EDL - mthornton]

Looks good.
Thank you!
Michele