Tokyo - FC Platforms

Platforms:

The Tokyo-Field Campaign (T-FC) science window will occur 3rd March to 3rd of April 2026 utilizing the NASA Langley Research Center G-III. Japan's National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) will utilize the Diamond Air Service King Air.  

Location:

Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport, Japan

Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shizuoka Airport, also called Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport, is an international airport located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

 

NASA Aircraft Instrumentation:

InstrumentObservables
GEOstationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events Airborne Simulator  (GCAS)

Ultraviolet-visible airborne spectrometer (300-490 nm) with a spectral resolution of 0.6 nm and a spatial field of view of 45 degrees nadir of the aircraft. 

  • Air Quality (AQ) 304:520 nm 0.8 nm resolution (NO2, O3, UV absorbing aerosols, SO2, HCHO)
  • Ocean Color (OC) 460:900 nm 1.5 nm resolution
  • Video camera (2592x1936 pixels) –3 pixel FWHM
Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer-5 (AVIRIS-5)

InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer 5 (AVIRIS-5) is an imaging spectrometer with a two-mirror telescope and Dyson-type spectrometer which are optically fast (F/1.8), span a wide swath (40-degree field of view over 1240 spatial pixels), and operate over the 380-2500 nm solar-reflected spectrum with 5 nm spectral sampling.

  • Radiance from the surface and atmosphere

 

NASA GCAS Instrument GCAS installed on the NASA G-V aircraft. AVIRIS-5 AVIRIS-5