MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator

Status

Status
Operational
Operated By
Facility

The MASTER is similar to the MAS, with the thermal bands modified to more closely match the NASA EOS ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) satellite instrument, which was launched in 1998. It is intended primarily to study geologic and other Earth surface properties. Flying on both high and low altitude aircraft, the MASTER has been operational since early 1998.

Instrument Type: Multispectral Imager
Measurements: VNIR/SWIR/MWIR/LWIR Imagery

Instrument Type
Spectrometer
Measurements
Imagery
Aircraft
B-200 - DOE - ARC,
DC-8 - AFRC,
ER-2 - AFRC,
WB-57 - JSC,
P-3 Orion - WFF
Recent Missions
FIREX-AQ
(DC-8 - AFRC)
Point(s) of Contact
Simon Hook
(PI),
Bjorn Eng
(Co-I),
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(POC; Mgr)
Range of Measurement
Ground
Instrument Pointing
Nadir (directly downwards)
TRL
9
Website
http://masterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/
Publications

 

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