TitleAcronymContact PersonCenterAircraftTypeMeasurementsMeasurement RangeMeasurement Instrument PointingMeasurement FrequencyMeasurement Swath WidthMeasurement Horizontal ResolutionMeasurement Vertical ResolutionMeasurement WavelengthsMeasurement Notes
High Altitude Lidar ObservatoryHALOAmin R. Nehrir (PI)NASA LaRCDC-8- AFRC, C-130- WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, B200 - LARC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream III - LaRCLidarwater vapor profiles, methane columns and profiles, Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction
High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2HSRL-2Johnathan W. Hair (PI)NASA LaRCER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, B200 - LARC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream III - LaRCLidarAerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction
Vertical profile
Nadir (directly downwards)
0.1 Hz
15 m
355 nm; 532 nm; 1064 nm
Hyperspectral Thermal Emissions SpectrometerHyTESSimon Hook (PI)JPLTwin Otter - GRC, Gulfstream III - LaRC, Gulfstream V - JSCSpectrometerTemperature
Ground
Nadir (directly downwards)
3590 m (at 4 km)
7 m (at 4 km)
7.5-12 µm
Land, Vegetation and Ice SensorLVISJ. Bryan Blair (PI)NASA GSFCB200 - LARC, C-130H - WFF, Cessna 402B, Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Gulfstream III - LaRC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream V - NSF, B200 - Dynamic AviationLidarVegetation, Vegetation structure, surface topography, ice and sea ice elevations, ocean surface topography
Ground
Cross-track scanning
2000 m (at 10 km)
20 m (at 10 km)
Modular Aerial Sensing SystemMASSLuc Lenain (PI)ScrippsTwin Otter International, Partenavia P68C (Aspen Helicopter), Gulfstream V - JSCLidarOcean surface and land topography, thermal imagery, hyperspectral imagery, visible imagery, point temperature
Vertical profile
Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
400000 Hz