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Airborne Visible and InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer - 3 (AVIRIS-3)

Status

Status: 
Operational
Operated By: 
Facility

The Airborne Visible and InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer 3 (AVIRIS-3) is an imaging spectrometer with a two-mirror telescope and Dyson-type spectrometer which are optically fast (F/1.8), span a wide swath (40-degree field of view over 1240 spatial pixels), and operate over the 380-2500 nm solar-reflected spectrum with 7.4 nm spectral sampling.  The spectrometer is identical in design as the EMIT spectrometer now operating in orbit on the ISS.

Instrument Type: 
Aircraft: 
B200 - Dynamic Aviation, G-III, G-V-JSC
Missions: 
ABoVE (B200 - Dynamic Aviation)
Point(s) of Contact: 
Robert O. Green (POC; PI), Michael Eastwood (Co-I), Mark Helmlinger (Co-I), Linley Kroll (Co-I), Ian McCubbin (Co-I), Luis Rios (Co-I), Charles Sarture (Co-I)