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 |
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14-channel NASA Ames Airborne Tracking Sunphotometer | AATS-14 | Stephen Broccardo (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC, J-31, P-3 Orion - WFF, Convair 580 NRC, Twin Otter International, C130H - WFF | Photometer | Aerosol, H2O, O3, Optical Depth, NO2 | Integrated vertical column
| Solar tracking
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Modular Aerial Sensing System | MASS | Luc Lenain (PI) | Scripps | Twin Otter International, Partenavia P68C (Aspen Helicopter), Gulfstream V - JSC | Lidar | Ocean surface and land topography, thermal imagery, hyperspectral imagery, visible imagery, point temperature | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 400000 Hz
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Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer | PRISM | David Thompson (PI) | JPL | Twin Otter International, Gulfstream III - LaRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Radiance, Ocean Color, Chlorophyll-a | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 168 Hz
| 350-1050 nm |