Airborne Ocean Color Imager (AOCI)

Status

Status:

Retired

Operated By:

This natural color image shows silt loads carried by the Mississippi River being deposited in the Gulf of Mexico. This sensor is designed for the measurement of phytoplankton biomass and the investigation of aquatic ecosystems.

The AOCI is a high altitude multispectral scanner built by Daedalus Enterprises, designed for oceanographic remote sensing. It provides 10-bit digitization of eight bands in the visible/near-infrared region of the spectrum, plus two 8-bit bands in the near and thermal infrared.

Instrument Type:

Spectrometer

Measurements:

Imagery

Aircraft:

ER-2 - AFRC

Point(s) of Contact:

James D. Jacobson Jr. (POC; Mgr)

Measurement Details

Range of Measurement: Ground

Instrument Pointing: Cross-track scanning

Swath Width: 50 m (at 19.8 km)

Measurement Wavelengths:

Minimum	Maximum	# of Channels
0.436 µm	0.455 µm	1
0.481 µm	0.501 µm	1
0.511 µm	0.531 µm	1
0.554 µm	0.575 µm	1
0.61 µm	0.631 µm	1
0.655 µm	0.676 µm	1
0.741 µm	0.8 µm	1
0.831 µm	0.897 µm	1
0.989 µm	1.054 µm	1
8.423 µm	12.279 µm	1

Additional Information

Notes:

Total field of view: 85° Instantaneous field of view: 2.5 mrad

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Airborne Ocean Color Imager (AOCI)

Status