HELIOS, a nadir-looking sea ice monitoring camera

• Published in: Cold Regions Science and Technology
• Main Authors: Krumpen, Thomas, Haas, Christian, Hendricks, Stefan, Hölemann, Jens A., Kalmbach, Drik, Gerdes, Rüdiger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Subjects: Helios; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/28499/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/28499/1/2011_Krumpen-etal-HELIOS_CRST-65.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2010.11.007

We present the prototype of a simplified photogrammetric system (HELicopter-borne Ice Observation System, HELIOS) and demonstrate how it can be used to document ground-based and airborne sea ice surveys. The aerial unit consists of a nadir-looking digital camera mounted on a gimbal, a GPS receiver a...