Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Center | Aircraft | Type | Measurements | Measurement Range | Measurement Instrument Pointing | Measurement Frequency | Measurement Swath Width | Measurement Horizontal Resolution | Measurement Vertical Resolution | Measurement Wavelengths | Measurement Notes |
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Airborne Earth Science Microwave Imaging Radiometer | AESMIR | Edward Kim (PI) | NASA GSFC | C-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Imagery, Snow Thickness, Sea Ice Surface Elevation, H2O, Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning, Conical scanning
| 6-100 GHz | |||||
Airborne Multi-angle SpectroPolarimeter Imager | AirMSPI | Dave Diner (PI) | JPL | ER-2 - AFRC | Radiometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Downwards pointing but not directly downwards (angles: variable between ±75, typical: 70, 60, 45, 26)
| 11000 m (at 20 km)
| 55 m (at 20 km)
| 355 nm; 380 nm; 445 nm; 470 nm; 555 nm; 660 nm; 865 nm; 935 nm | |||
Airborne Ocean Color Imager | AOCI | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 50 m (at 19.8 km)
| 0.436-0.455 µm; 0.481-0.501 µm; 0.511-0.531 µm; 0.554-0.575 µm; 0.61-0.631 µm; 0.655-0.676 µm; 0.741-0.8 µm; 0.831-0.897 µm; 0.989-1.054 µm; 8.423-12.279 µm | ||||
Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer | AVIRIS-Classic | Robert O. Green (PI) | JPL | ER-2 - AFRC, Proteus, Twin Otter, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 12000 m (at 20 km)
| 20 m (at 20 km)
| 31 channels at 410-700 nm; 63 channels at 680-1270 nm; 63 channels at 1250-1860 nm; 63 channels at 1840-2450 nm | 9.4 nm bandwidth | ||
Ames Digital Imager | DIM | Paul F. Wercinski (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | ||||||||
Automatic Meteor Tracker with Imager and Slit Spectrograph | AIM-IT | George Varros (PI) | NASA | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | ||||||||
Autonomous Modular Sensor | AMS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | Altair, B200 - LARC, Caravan, ER-2 - AFRC, Ikhana, DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 12 channels at 0.42-11.26 µm | 4 different configurations (see website for details). | ||||
Cloud Absorption Radiometer | CAR | Charles Gatebe (PI) | NASA ARC | J-31, P-3 Orion - WFF, Convair 580 NRC, Naval Research Lab (NRL) P-3 Orion, C-131A University of Washington | Radiometer | Solar flux, Imagery | Other
| Zenith (directly upwards), Upwards pointing but not directly upwards, Nadir (directly downwards), Downwards pointing but not directly downwards, Cross-track scanning (angles: 190)
| 1.67 Hz
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Cloud Particle Imager | CPI | Sarah Woods (PI) | NCAR | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Particle imager | Particle phase, habit, Imagery | In situ
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Digital Camera System | DCS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Twin Otter - GRC, WB-57 - JSC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Digital Mapping System | DMS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, HU-25A Guardian - LaRC, Gulfstream V - NSF | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Enhanced MODIS Airborne Simulator | eMAS | Steve Platnick (Co-I) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 6.25 Hz
| 36000 m (at 19.8 km)
| 50 m (at 19.8 km)
| 38 channels at 0.4649-14.18 µm | ||
High Frame Rate Slit-less Spectrograph | HFRS | Geoff McHarg (PI) | USAF | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera, Spectrometer (in situ) | Imagery | In situ
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HR-732 Aerial Cameras | HR-732 | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 15000 m (at 19.8 km)
| 3 m (at 19.8 km)
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HyMap | HyMap | Terry Cocks (PI) | HyVista Corp | Cessna 402B, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 0.45-0.89 µm; 0.89-1.35 µm; 1.4-1.8 µm; 1.95-2.48 µm | VIS module | ||||
Intensified All-sky Camera | ALLSKY | Peter Jenniskens (PI) | SETI | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Other
| Zenith (directly upwards)
| 400-900 nm | |||||
Intensified Camera 1 | INT1 | Peter Jenniskens (PI) | SETI | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | In situ
| 400-900 nm | ||||||
Intensified Camera 2 | INT2 | Peter Jenniskens (PI) | SETI | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | In situ
| 400-900 nm | ||||||
Intensified High Frame Rate Imager | IHFRI | Hans Nielsen (PI) | UAF | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | In situ
| 500-900 nm | ||||||
IRIS II Panoramic Camera | IRIS II | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 40000 m (at 19.8 km)
| 2 m (at 19.8 km)
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Large Pixel Format CCD Camera | Franziska Harms (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | |||||||||
Leica RC-30 metric camera | RC-30 | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | B200 - LARC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Leonardo Airborne Simulator | LAS | Si-Chee Tsay (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | ||||||||
Miniature Video Imaging System | MVIS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | ||||||||
MODIS Airborne Simulator | MAS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (PI) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 6.25 Hz
| 36 m (at 20 km)
| 50 m (at 20 km)
| 9 channels at 445-970 nm; 16 channels at 1580-2400 nm; 16 channels at 3000-5450 nm; 9 channels at 8240-14550 nm | ||
MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator | MASTER | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | B-200 - DOE - ARC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Next-Generation Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer | AVIRIS-NG | Robert O. Green (PI) | JPL | ER-2 - AFRC, Twin Otter, Gulfstream III - LaRC, Gulfstream G-5 | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 100 Hz
| 4000 m (at 8 km)
| 8 m (at 8 km)
| 380-2510 nm | ||
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - ARC | PICARD ARC | James D. Jacobson Jr. (PI) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | ||||||||
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - GSFC | PICARD GSFC | Kerry G. Meyer (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | ||||||||
RC-10 Mapping Cameras | RC-10 | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 30000 m (at 19.8 km)
| 8 m (at 19.8 km)
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Research Scanning Polarimeter | RSP | Brian Cairns (PI) | NASA GISS | ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130- WFF, King Air B-200 - LaRC, J-31 | Polarimeter | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Telescopic High Definition Television | THDTV | Edward Schilling (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Other
| Upwards pointing but not directly upwards
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Thematic Mapper Simulator | TMS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 15600 m (at 19.8 km)
| 25 m (at 19.8 km)
| 0.42-0.45 nm; 0.45-0.52 nm; 0.52-0.6 nm; 0.6-0.62 nm; 0.63-0.69 nm; 0.69-0.75 nm; 0.76-0.9 nm; 0.91-1.05 nm; 1.55-1.75 nm; 2.08-2.35 nm; 2 channels at 8.5-14 nm | |||
Three-View Cloud Particle Imager | 3V-CPI | Jorgen Jensen (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Particle imager, Spectrometer (in situ) | Imagery | In situ
| 10-1280 µm | ||||||
Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar | UAVSAR | Yunling Lou (PI) | JPL | Gulfstream C-20A (GIII) - AFRC, Gulfstream III - JSC | Radar | Imagery | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 20000 m (at 12 km)
| 6 m (at 12 km)
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Video Imaging System | VIS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
| 20 m (at 19.8 km)
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Video Uplink | Edward Schilling (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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WB-57 Ascent Video Experiment | WAVE | Marty Ross (PI) | Aerospace | WB-57 - JSC | Camera | Imagery | Other
| Upwards pointing but not directly upwards
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