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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer | AirMISR | Dave Diner (PI) | JPL | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera, Spectrometer | Topography | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Downwards pointing but not directly downwards (angles: 70.5, 60, 45.6, 26.1)
| 11000 m (at 20 km)
| 27.5 m (at 20 km)
| 446 nm; 558 nm; 672 nm; 866 nm | |||
Ames Digital Imager | DIM | Paul F. Wercinski (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | ||||||||
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
| ||||||
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
| ||||||
GRC Hyperspectral Imager | HSI3.1 | Roger Tokars (PI) | NASA GRC | Twin Otter - GRC | Camera | 400-900 nm | ||||||||
High Frame Rate Slit-less Spectrograph | HFRS | Geoff McHarg (PI) | USAF | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera, Spectrometer (in situ) | Imagery | In situ
| |||||||
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)
| ||||
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)
| ||||
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
| ||||||
Miniature Video Imaging System | MVIS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | ||||||||
Multi-kilohertz Microlaser Altimeter | MMLA | Phil Dabney (PI) | NASA GSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Camera, Photometer | Topography | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| ||||||
Multiscale Observing System of the Ocean Surface | MOSES | Jeroen Molemaker (PI) | UCLA | B200 (#801) - AFRC | Camera | Sea Surface Temperature | Other
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards (angles: 10)
| 2 Hz
| 7.5-12 nm | ||||
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)
| ||||
Telescopic High Definition Television | THDTV | Edward Schilling (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Other
| Upwards pointing but not directly upwards
| ||||||
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 | |||
Utah State University Airglow Study | AIRGLOW | Michael J. Taylor (PI) | USU | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera, Interferometer | Airglow, OH | Other
| Upwards pointing but not directly upwards
| 1-1.65 µm | |||||
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)
| |||||
Video Uplink | Edward Schilling (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
| |||||||
WB-57 Ascent Video Experiment | WAVE | Marty Ross (PI) | Aerospace | WB-57 - JSC | Camera | Imagery | Other
| Upwards pointing but not directly upwards
|