Code 587 Technologies and Products

Adaptive Sensor Fleet (ASF)

Principal Investigator (PI)

• Jeff Hosler/Code 587
• Jeffrey.C.Hosler@nasa.gov

Description and Objectives

• Cross-Platform Solution for Performing Heterogeneous Fleet Control and Monitoring to Accomplish High-Level Science Goals.
• Demonstrate Goal-Oriented Commanding to Autonomously Task and Control a Fleet of Instruments and Sensors, and Respond to a Dynamic Environment.
• Allow Scientists to Optimally Plan Observations, and Conduct "What If" Scenarios, in a Simulated Environment.
• Lay the Foundation for a Dynamic "Sensor Web" using Stationary, Surface Moving (Water or Land), Airborne, and Spacecraft Instruments to Generate a Dynamic Network of Sensors to Achieve the Science Goals.

Telesupervised Adaptive Ocean Sensor Fleet investigating a Harmful Algal Bloom (simulated with water-tracing dye).

Technical Approach

• Autonomous Responses and Adaptation to Dynamic Environments.
• Autonomous Identification of Science Phenomena.
• Demonstrate sensor web concepts.

Main Innovation(s)

• Improve in-situ study of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), coastal pollutants, oil spills, and hurricane factors.
• Expand data-gathering effectiveness and science return of existing NOAA OASIS (Ocean Atmosphere Sensor Integration System) surface vehicles.
• Establish sensor web capability combining ocean-deployed and space sensors.
• Provide manageable demands on scientists for tasking, control, and monitoring.

Infusion Potential

• Applicable to any distributed suite of sensors/sensor webs.