HYPERNETS

A new hyperspectral radiometer integrated in automated networks of water and land bidirectional reflectance measurements for satellite validation

For the purpose of planning satellite acquisitions, e.g. during the Commissioning Phase or for regular cal/val, a list of current HYPERNETS validation sites can be found here HYPERNETS_VALIDATION_SITE_COORDINATES_2023-10-27_PUBLIC.csv

LAND SITE - Princess Elisabeth

LAND SITE - Princess Elisabeth

Antarctic base.
Coordinator: RBINS
Coordinates: 71.9500° S, 23.3473° E

LAND SITE - Belgian land sites

LAND SITE - Belgian land sites

Multi-site short-term deployments at Belgian land sites for instrument/system testing (e.g., ICOS Belgium)
Coordinator: RBINS
Coordinates: Exact coordinates to be defined (Belgium)

Picture: This 14 July 2003 image was acquired by Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) in Full Resolution mode. It has a spatial resolution of 300 metres and covers 672 x 672 kilometres.

WATER SITE - Zeebrugge/MOW1

WATER SITE - Zeebrugge/MOW1

Near-shore (3.75 km from land), temperate highly dynamic coastal ecosystem.
Coordinator: RBINS
Coordinates: 51.36200° N, 3.12000° E

LAND SITE - Tõravere

LAND SITE - Tõravere

Research and development site at Toravere.
Coordinator: TARTU
Coordinates: 58°15′56.4′′N,26°27′57.2”E

WATER SITE - Tartu water sites

WATER SITE - Tartu water sites

Multi-site tests for rapid deployment/campaign from fixed structures like piers and diving platforms.
Coordinator: TARTU
Coordinates: 58°16'01.5"N 26°28'13.9"E

WATER SITE - MESURHO

WATER SITE - MESURHO

Turbid mouth microtidal river.
Coordinator: SU
Coordinates: 43°19.2 N and 4°52 E

WATER SITE - Thornton C-Bank

WATER SITE - Thornton C-Bank

Relatively turbid open water site in the Belgian waters.
Coordinator: RBINS
Coordinates: 51.53250° N and 2.95528° E

WATER SITE - Magest Estuary

WATER SITE - Magest Estuary

Highly turbid macrotidal estuary.
Coordinator: SU
Coordinates: 45°32'38.01'' N and 1°2'31.01'' E

WATER SITE - Etang de Berre

WATER SITE - Etang de Berre

A 155.3 km2 lagoon on the Mediterranean coast of France
Coordinator: SU
Coordinates: 43°28'09.0"N 5°05'03.0"E
Picture: Sentinel 2B/MSI taken on 21/12/2019 (image courtesy of ESA)

WATER SITE - Rio de la Plata

WATER SITE - Rio de la Plata

Fishermen pier in extremely turbid waters.
Coordinator: CONICET
Coordinates: 34.560865 S and 58.39881167 W.

WATER SITE - Chascomus Lake

WATER SITE - Chascomus Lake

Shallow extremely turbid inland water site.
Coordinator: CONICET
Coordinates: 35.58281326 S and 58.02024078 W

WATER SITE - Lampedusa buoy

WATER SITE - Lampedusa buoy

Temperate open ocean oligotrophic water site.
Coordinator: CNR
Coordinates: 35.49344°N, 12.46773°E

WATER SITE - Garda Lake

WATER SITE - Garda Lake

Oligotrophic to mesotrophic inland water in a subalpine ecoregion.
Coordinator: CNR
Coordinates: 10.57944° E; 45.57694° N

WATER SITE - Aqua Alta Oceanographic Tower

WATER SITE - Aqua Alta Oceanographic Tower

Oceanographic tower in the Adriatic Sea at 15 km from the coast of the Venice lagoon. Temperate offshore moderately turbid to clear water site.
Coordinator: CNR
Coordinates: 45° 18' 51.288" N and 12° 30' 29.694" E

LAND SITE - Wytham woods

LAND SITE - Wytham woods

Ancient semi-natural woodland owned by Oxford University.
Coordinator: NPL
Coordinates: 51.7750289173173° N and 1.33906077914727° W

LAND SITE - Soontage

LAND SITE - Soontage

Mature Scots pine forest.
Coordinator: TARTU
Coordinates: 58.02356° N and 26.07073° E

LAND SITE - Järvselja

LAND SITE - Järvselja

Mature hemiboreal forest.
Coordinator: TARTU
Coordinates: 58.27798° N and 27.30885° E

LAND SITE - Gobabeb

LAND SITE - Gobabeb

AERONET site on a desert gravel plain 10 km from Gobabeb Research and Training Centre with ~0 mm annual rainfall.
Coordinator: NPL
Coordinates: 23.600201° S, 15.119556° E

LAND SITE - UK Multi-site tests

LAND SITE - UK Multi-site tests

Multi-site tests for rapid deployment/campaign in the UK and EU. Various types: Heathland, Heather, Crop.
Coordinator: NPL
Coordinates: To be defined (United Kingdom)

Picture: Deployment of the HYPSTAR&Reg at Barrax – Las Tiesas experimental farm in July 2022

LAND SITE - TERENO-NE/DEMMIN

LAND SITE - TERENO-NE/DEMMIN

Temperate large research site (30 to 30 km²) from the Environmental Monitoring Network in Germany.
Coordinator: GFZ
Coordinates: 53,96°N and 13,13°E

LAND SITE - WARRA

LAND SITE - WARRA

Australian forest site in Tasmania and part of OzFlux
Coordinator: NPL
Coordinates: 43°05'42.0"S 146°39'16.2"
Image courtesy of Dr Tim Wardlaw (University of Tasmania)