Preparations for the measurements
Preparations for the measurements
The DLR engineers tested the MACS polar aerial camera, which they had developed and built, by deploying it north of the Arctic Circle. On this mission, they conducted optical remote sensing from the air for the very first time in the Arctic. Changes to the permafrost soil were measured to better understand the effects of global warming, as large amounts of the greenhouse gas methane are stored within it and are increasingly being released. The camera developed by the DLR Institute of Optical Sensor Systems provided high-resolution images in the visible and near-infrared ranges.
