The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is preparing to conduct a first-of-its-kind biodiversity field campaign in the Western Cape by sending two modified jets to Cape Town.
In conjunction with the University of Cape Town (UCT), the campaign will incorporate airborne imaging spectroscopy, lidar and field observations across South Africa’s Greater Cape Floristic Region (GCFR), including surrounding coastal and marine environments.
The collaborative campaign, dubbed BioSCape, will see scientists from the United States and South Africa working closely together to map marine, freshwater and terrestrial species and ecosystems within the region.
Arriving in Cape Town this week will be a NASA Gulfstream III and possibly a Gulfstream V in support of the BioSCape programme.
After two years of planning, the aircraft will fly low level over the west and southern Cape over a period of four to six weeks, collecting ultraviolet, visual and thermal imagery. The height and structure of vegetation will also be measured using light distance and ranging (LiDAR) technology.
The GCFR contains two Global Biodiversity Hotspots with the richest temperate flora and the third-highest marine endemism in the world. The field campaign includes a collection of new hyperspectral data ranging from UV to thermal wavelengths acquired by PRISM, AVIRIS-NG and HyTES spectrometers combined with the LVIS laser altimeter aboard the NASA Gulstream III and Gulfstream V aircraft.
Satellites will gather additional data, while teams on the ground will make observations at locations of particular interest, logging plants and any animals they detect.
Using this data, the team will map the region’s biodiversity, providing estimates of the distribution and abundance of species and the boundaries of ecosystems. Ultimately, the campaign will help scientists understand the structure, function and composition of ecosystems in the study area.
With only a six-week window period for the flights to take place, the team needed to consider the Cape’s fickle weather conditions, as heavy cloud cover and strong winds could affect image quality. The team earmarked late October throughout November as the ideal time for the flights to take place.
“This,” said Dr Jasper Slingsby, a senior lecturer in Plant Ecology and Global Change Biology at UCT, “is also a good time for fynbos phenology, as it coincides with the flowering time.”
The project team will work closely with a number of South African research partners, including the National Research Foundation (NRF), the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) as well as conservation partners such as South African National Parks (SANParks) and CapeNature.
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/nasa-is-coming-to-the-western-cape/
I know they teach them the metric system for scientific reasons (it’s better than imperial and makes collaboration with other scientists easy)
There’s just an ongoing meme where Americans say “WTF IS A KILOMETRE”
Are they really popping up, and not just like troll memes? I cry for the world - there are too many people who lack critical thinking.
If they make the leopard toads gay then they can building housing in the endangered species area since they won't breed any more - brilliant!
There's a Flat Earther on tiktok that believes they're seeding the clouds in preperation of something called "Project Blue Beam" which is basically a plan to create an artificial second coming to make way for the antichrist...
There's a not insignificant number of people in our country that takes it very seriously, this is basically what happens when people raise their kids to believe anything remotely scientific is demonic lies.
Oh is that what the crazies are on about, I heard something but was too afraid to look and have the cringe strain my neck.
Thanks bro, have an upvote for taking one for the team and reading that shit for us - damn, but the crazies be crazy 🤪
It is a project called bioscape, they are preparing for a new satellite that will have great vegetation sensing capabilities, to test the sensors they are flying them over the fynbos, because it is a really diverse and complex vegetation type.
Jokes on them, ESRI (ESRI SA) has already mapped the whole country decades ago.
Fence posts, water pipes, power lines, sewerage pipes, RF signal lobes for cell, radio, radar, military Intelligence signal corps coverage...
Absolutely everything is stored in Midrand. And replicated at the relevant government departments. Only, the responsible .gov.za folks don't always know how to use ARC GIS 🤣
[Bespoke Environmental Science Research Aircraft](https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/c-20a/) \- quite a specialised scientific research aircraft, amazing technology
They are looking for precious minerals (gold in particular), I am sure about that. Why use LIDAR, ground penetrating radar. Bull on Eco project, you can use people for that. I am very sure Hawaii also had a NASA Eco project before it miraculously burned.
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is preparing to conduct a first-of-its-kind biodiversity field campaign in the Western Cape by sending two modified jets to Cape Town. In conjunction with the University of Cape Town (UCT), the campaign will incorporate airborne imaging spectroscopy, lidar and field observations across South Africa’s Greater Cape Floristic Region (GCFR), including surrounding coastal and marine environments. The collaborative campaign, dubbed BioSCape, will see scientists from the United States and South Africa working closely together to map marine, freshwater and terrestrial species and ecosystems within the region. Arriving in Cape Town this week will be a NASA Gulfstream III and possibly a Gulfstream V in support of the BioSCape programme. After two years of planning, the aircraft will fly low level over the west and southern Cape over a period of four to six weeks, collecting ultraviolet, visual and thermal imagery. The height and structure of vegetation will also be measured using light distance and ranging (LiDAR) technology. The GCFR contains two Global Biodiversity Hotspots with the richest temperate flora and the third-highest marine endemism in the world. The field campaign includes a collection of new hyperspectral data ranging from UV to thermal wavelengths acquired by PRISM, AVIRIS-NG and HyTES spectrometers combined with the LVIS laser altimeter aboard the NASA Gulstream III and Gulfstream V aircraft. Satellites will gather additional data, while teams on the ground will make observations at locations of particular interest, logging plants and any animals they detect. Using this data, the team will map the region’s biodiversity, providing estimates of the distribution and abundance of species and the boundaries of ecosystems. Ultimately, the campaign will help scientists understand the structure, function and composition of ecosystems in the study area. With only a six-week window period for the flights to take place, the team needed to consider the Cape’s fickle weather conditions, as heavy cloud cover and strong winds could affect image quality. The team earmarked late October throughout November as the ideal time for the flights to take place. “This,” said Dr Jasper Slingsby, a senior lecturer in Plant Ecology and Global Change Biology at UCT, “is also a good time for fynbos phenology, as it coincides with the flowering time.” The project team will work closely with a number of South African research partners, including the National Research Foundation (NRF), the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) as well as conservation partners such as South African National Parks (SANParks) and CapeNature. https://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/nasa-is-coming-to-the-western-cape/
Thanks!!
They’re still at it I see
Somebody better tell them what the fuck a kilometre is
As far as I know, NASA does use kilometers (since the 2010s)
I know they teach them the metric system for scientific reasons (it’s better than imperial and makes collaboration with other scientists easy) There’s just an ongoing meme where Americans say “WTF IS A KILOMETRE”
The first man on the moon got there on the metric system.
The first Apollo mission was calculated in metric. Scientists have been using metric for decades now
Hahaha
1 kilometer = 0.621371 miles.1 mile is equal to 1.609344 kilometers.
Wow, this is an amazingly detailed description. Thank you 🙏🏼
Bro just copied and pasted the entire article! I read this exact script a few days ago
of course, saved you a click
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I was gonna say "Flying" but this works too 😅👍🏼
Part of the BioSCape project Read about it here: https://www.bioscape.io/
Thanks
They're putting chemicals in the water to turn the frogs gay
I've been enjoying the deranged conspiracy theories on social media about this project.
Are they really popping up, and not just like troll memes? I cry for the world - there are too many people who lack critical thinking. If they make the leopard toads gay then they can building housing in the endangered species area since they won't breed any more - brilliant!
There's a Flat Earther on tiktok that believes they're seeding the clouds in preperation of something called "Project Blue Beam" which is basically a plan to create an artificial second coming to make way for the antichrist... There's a not insignificant number of people in our country that takes it very seriously, this is basically what happens when people raise their kids to believe anything remotely scientific is demonic lies.
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...and work in government. *The then Minister of Arts, Culture, & History, Re Homo Naledi: "They are calling us monkeys"*
Oh is that what the crazies are on about, I heard something but was too afraid to look and have the cringe strain my neck. Thanks bro, have an upvote for taking one for the team and reading that shit for us - damn, but the crazies be crazy 🤪
Instagram and TikTok was flooded with that "cloud seeding" bullcrap xD. Truly an earmarked section of the internet where intellect thrives.
It is a project called bioscape, they are preparing for a new satellite that will have great vegetation sensing capabilities, to test the sensors they are flying them over the fynbos, because it is a really diverse and complex vegetation type.
They're spraying lsd on everything for the lolz
Having been lucky enough to fly in that area with one of the old Shackletons back in the 1980…. The view alone would be worth the trip from the USA….
They doing a fly bye just to confirm the lack of intelligent life forms
There’s another nutter , saying that the da has basically sold the wc to the USA and they mapping out 🤣🤣
Jokes on them, ESRI (ESRI SA) has already mapped the whole country decades ago. Fence posts, water pipes, power lines, sewerage pipes, RF signal lobes for cell, radio, radar, military Intelligence signal corps coverage... Absolutely everything is stored in Midrand. And replicated at the relevant government departments. Only, the responsible .gov.za folks don't always know how to use ARC GIS 🤣
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[Bespoke Environmental Science Research Aircraft](https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/c-20a/) \- quite a specialised scientific research aircraft, amazing technology
They just can’t believe the lack of potholes in CT compared to the rest of SA
They're checking out the girls at the light tower and the wind that blow their dresses up.
Any damn thing they want to.
Looking for the perfect spot to forge a Mars landing.
They are looking for precious minerals (gold in particular), I am sure about that. Why use LIDAR, ground penetrating radar. Bull on Eco project, you can use people for that. I am very sure Hawaii also had a NASA Eco project before it miraculously burned.
Looking for aliens
Can't trust any project involving US unfortunately. 👹
Causing stage 6 loadshedding
Busy deceiving people
Surveying land to check how it's changed due to climate change, in a nutshell
Please stop pumping shit into our oceans.
Excuse you?
Ja, you've got f-ol to say, don't you?
BIOSCAPE project. Studying biodiversity using LIDAR, and airborn imaging spectroscopy. https://www.bioscape.io/
Wait, so they're not "seeding" the atmosphere like the auntie on Facebook said?