HYPERNETS

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

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)