MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS)
Status
Status:
Undergoing Maintenance (Full functionality expected Sept 2024)
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PI
Replaced By:
The MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) instrument.
DC-8 contrail as seen by MAS instrument as ER-2 flys over
The MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) is a multispectral scanner configured to approximate the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS), an instrument to be orbited on the NASA EOS-AM1 platform. MODIS is designed to measure terrestrial and atmospheric processes. The MAS was a joint project of Daedalus Enterprises, Berkeley Camera Engineering, and Ames Research Center. The MODIS Airborne Simulator records fifty spectral bands.
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Point(s) of Contact:
Steve Platnick (Co-I), Anthony Guillory (Prev PI), Kerry G. Meyer (PI), James D. Jacobson Jr. (POC; PI), Thomas Ellis (Co-I), Rose Dominguez (Mgr)