INSTRUMENT |
Measurements |
Application |
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| Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging System (AVIRIS) |
Visible, Near, and Mid IR 224 channel digital multispectral scanner. |
Scaleable resolution (5 - 20 m) earth imaging. Dependent on AC altitude . |
JPL. Operational - flies on WB-57, ER-2 and Twin Otter. |
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| Cirrus Digital Camera System (DCS) |
Digital camera system. Color infrared, natural color and black and white digital imagery. |
High resolution earth imagery. |
DFRC. Operational - flies on ER-2, WB-57 and Twin Otter. |
| Passive Active L-band System (PALS) |
1226 MHz Radar (VV,VH, HH, HV), 1420 MHz Polarimetric Radiometer, time sharing a dual pole, dual frequency planner array antenna. Antenna configuration can be fixed or rotating
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Scalable resolution, between 3,000 and 20,000 feet AGL |
JPL, Aquarius and SMAP test bed. PALS flies on NASA P3, NCAR-C130, and Twin Otter. PALS is also compatible with NASA DC-8 |
| PolSCAT |
13.9 GHZ Radar (VV VH, HH, HV) using a rotating antenna
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Scalable resolution, between 3,000 and 20,000 feet AGL |
JPL, PolSCAT flies on NASA P3, NCAR-C130, and Twin Otter and NASA DC-8 |
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