Naval Research Laboratory The Navy and Marine Corps Corporate Laboratory
Establishment of NRL A WORLD-CLASS LABORATORY Idea followed the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 Secretary Josephus Daniels Established Naval Consulting Board with Edison Chair, meeting October 7, 1915 August 29, 1916 Congress appropriates funds to establish the Lab THOMAS A. EDISON GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAINTAIN A GREAT RESEARCH LABORATORY TO DEVELOP GUNS, NEW EXPLOSIVES AND ALL THE TECHNIQUE OF MILITARY AND NAVAL PROGRESSION WITHOUT ANY VAST EXPENSE. THOMAS A. EDISON, THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1915 Delayed by WW-I, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Commissions the Lab at Bellevue site on July 2, 1923 Navy and Marine Corps Corporate Laboratory
NRL Mission Naval Research Laboratory To conduct a broadly based multidisciplinary program of scientific research and advanced technological development directed toward maritime applications of new and improved materials, techniques, equipment, systems and ocean, atmospheric, and space sciences and related technologies. Primary in-house research for the physical, engineering, space, and environmental sciences Broadly based applied research and advanced technology development program in response to identified and anticipated Navy and Marine Corps needs Broad multidisciplinary support to the Naval Warfare Centers Space & space systems technology development & support Designated as the Navy's corporate laboratory by SECNAV 1991
Naval Research Laboratory s Organizational Relationships Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development & Acquisition) The Honorable Sean Stackley Naval Research Laboratory Chief of Naval Research RADM Mathias Winter NRL Commanding Officer CAPT. Mark Bruington, USN Director of Research Dr. John Montgomery Business Operations Mr. D. Therning Systems Directorate Dr. G. Borsuk Radar Electronic Warfare Optical Sciences Information Technology Materials Science and Component Technology Dr. B. B. Rath Chemistry Materials Science & Technology Comp. Phys & Fluid Dynamics Plasma Physics Electronics Science & Tech Biomolecular Science & Engr Naval Center for Space Technology Mr. John Schaub, and Christopher Dwyer* Space Systems Dev Spacecraft Engineering *Co-acting Ocean and Atmospheric Science & Technology Dr. E. Franchi Acoustics Remote Sensing Oceanography Marine Geosciences Marine Meteorology Space Sciences
Remote Sensing Division: Crabs to the Crab Nebula Navy center of excellence for environmental remote sensing research and development, conducting a broad program of basic and applied research across the full electromagnetic spectrum using active and passive techniques from ground-, air-, and space-based platforms. Includes both remote sensing technology and phenomenological expertise. Emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to remote sensing challenges. Present research areas include astrophysics, ionospheric, atmospheric, earth, and ocean science.
Sensor Performance Modeling Airborne Remote Sensing End-to-End Development of Coastal Environmental Imaging Signal to Noise 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 Signal to Noise Ratio 10 nm Spectral Bins f/2.8 f/4 f/2 GSD = 100m Albedo = 5% GMC = 1 0 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 Wavelength (nm) Coastal Water Spectral Toolkit: Water and bottom properties from HSI Trafficability Tool: Bearing Strength or go/no-go from images and geotechnical info Chlorophyll Sediment 0-25 0-20 mg/m 3 3 Go Slow-go No go Requirements Evaluation Product Evaluation Product Extraction Sensor Development Spiral Development > 20 years experience Data Processing Sensor Calibration Flight Campaigns Ground / Water Truth Geolocation Global Optimal Solution: Fluid velocities from image pairs Reflect ance X 10 4 300 250 PHILLS-1 200 Ground Truth ASD 150 100 50 0 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 Wavelength (microns) Atmospheric Removal 6
Infrared FLIR SC6000 MWIR 3-5µm, broadband Merlin MWIR 3-5µm, broadband Airborne Remote Sensing NRL Airborne Instrumentation - Overview Ocean Color/Navigation ITRES CASI-1500 VNIR hyperspectral ~375 1050nm TL5500 LWIR 8-9.2µm, broadband µshine VNIR hyperspectral ~330 970nm Sofradir Atom 1024, LWIR 8-14µm, broadband Surface Optics SWIR hyperspectral, Applanix POS GPS/INS ~900-1700nm Headwall SWIR hyperspectral, ~900-2500nm CMIGTS-III GPS/INS 7
Airborne Remote Sensing NRL P-3 NOAA Shrike Customs P-3 Antonov AN-2 Saab 340 w/ boat Twin Otter NOAA P-3 Miss Piggy 8
DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Airborne Remote Sensing Typical Aircraft Configuration FLIR SC6000 TL5500 SWIR CASI-1500 w/pos CMIGTS-II Merlin µshine 9
Airborne Remote Sensing South Bass Island, Lake Erie, OH; 19 August 2014 1000 m Microcystis bloom Surface manifestation Differential heating? Differential heating? Developed flexibility to deploy different sensors to make necessary observations not locked-in to one package Airborne remote sensing provides flexablity to achieve high spatial and temporal resolution required for scales of interest CASI-1500 SWIR-1700 sc6000 (MWIR) ATOM-1024 (LWIR) 10
Airborne Remote Sensing Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant: cooling water discharge color image from CASI- 1500 VNIR hyperspectral sensor edge of plume T ~ 3 C outfall reaches surface gray scale image from sc6000 mid-wave infrared sensor Data collected during one of our Chesapeake Bay experiments CASI clearly shows outflow edge and bottom features MWIR clearly shows outflow plume extent and recirculation Currently working on more detailed analysis of data sets for things like: Bathymetry extraction Surface current estimation Spreading and mixing rates 11