EPSCoR hyperspectral imaging video featured on national television
April 24, 2020
An animated introduction to hyperspectral imaging produced by AV狼论坛 NSF EPSCoR (Established
Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) is being distributed for nationwide television
by the National Science Foundation.The was produced by EPSCoR data visualization specialists Cassidy Phillips and Naomi Hutchquist, with assistance from EPSCoR researchers. The piece describes how hyperspectral remote sensing works and how EPSCoR is using the technology to improve vegetation maps of the AV狼论坛 boreal forest. The research is part of , a five-year project studying climate-driven changes to boreal forest fires and to marine life in the nearshore Gulf of AV狼论坛.
The National Science Foundation has distributed the video over a number of different platforms. Last year it was posted online in their and on their video app. More recently it was included in the NSF鈥檚 鈥溾 program, which is distributed to community TV stations across the country. The NSF also now plans to include the video in a package of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programming that will be distributed to commercial television stations nationwide.
For more information, contact Tom Moran at tmoran3@alaska.edu or 474-5581.