TitleAcronymContact PersonCenterAircraftTypeMeasurementsMeasurement RangeMeasurement Instrument PointingMeasurement FrequencyMeasurement Swath WidthMeasurement Horizontal ResolutionMeasurement Vertical ResolutionMeasurement WavelengthsMeasurement Notes
Airborne 2-Channel Laser Infrared Absorption SpectrometerALIAS-IILance Christensen (PI)JPLBalloonSpectrometerN2O, CH4, CO, HCl, NO2
Vertical profile
Limb scanning
1 Hz
Airborne Lunar Spectral IrradianceAir-LUSIKevin Turpie (PI)UMBCER-2 - AFRCSpectrometerLunar Spectral Irradiance
Other
Upwards pointing but not directly upwards (angles: 265° - 275° from heading)
350 nm; 1050 nm
Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometerAirMISRDave Diner (PI)JPLER-2 - AFRCCamera, SpectrometerTopography
Ground
Nadir (directly downwards), Downwards pointing but not directly downwards (angles: 70.5, 60, 45.6, 26.1)
11000 m (at 20 km)
27.5 m (at 20 km)
446 nm; 558 nm; 672 nm; 866 nm
Airborne Ocean Color ImagerAOCIJames D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr)USRAER-2 - AFRCSpectrometerImagery
Ground
Cross-track scanning
50 m (at 19.8 km)
0.436-0.455 µm; 0.481-0.501 µm; 0.511-0.531 µm; 0.554-0.575 µm; 0.61-0.631 µm; 0.655-0.676 µm; 0.741-0.8 µm; 0.831-0.897 µm; 0.989-1.054 µm; 8.423-12.279 µm
Airborne Visible and InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer - 3AVIRIS-3Robert O. Green (PI)JPLB200 - Dynamic Aviation, G-III, G-V-JSCSpectrometerRadiance from the surface and atmosphere.
Ground
Nadir (directly downwards)
200 Hz
Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging SpectrometerAVIRIS-ClassicRobert O. Green (PI)JPLER-2 - AFRC, Proteus, Twin Otter, WB-57 - JSCSpectrometerImagery
Ground
Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
12000 m (at 20 km)
20 m (at 20 km)
31 channels at 410-700 nm; 63 channels at 680-1270 nm; 63 channels at 1250-1860 nm; 63 channels at 1840-2450 nm9.4 nm bandwidth
Automatic Meteor Tracker with Imager and Slit SpectrographAIM-ITGeorge Varros (PI)NASADC-8 - AFRCSpectrometerImagery
Autonomous Modular SensorAMSJames D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr)USRAAltair, B200 - LARC, Caravan, ER-2 - AFRC, Ikhana, DC-8 - AFRCSpectrometerImagery
Ground
Cross-track scanning
12 channels at 0.42-11.26 µm4 different configurations (see website for details).
Chicago Water Isotope SpectrometerChi-WISBenjamin Clouser (Mgr)U ChicagoWB-57 - JSCSpectrometerH2O, HDO
Direct beam Irradiance Airborne SpectrometerDIASSamuel R. Hall (PI)NCARDC-8 - AFRCSpectrometerAerosol, Optical Depth, O3
Integrated slant column
Solar tracking
280-650 nm
Enhanced MODIS Airborne SimulatoreMASSteve Platnick (Co-I)NASA GSFCER-2 - AFRCSpectrometerImagery
Ground
Cross-track scanning
6.25 Hz
36000 m (at 19.8 km)
50 m (at 19.8 km)
38 channels at 0.4649-14.18 µm
Fourier Transform Infrared SpectrometerFTIRMichael Coffey (PI)NASA HQDC-8 - AFRCSpectrometerHCl, ClONO2, N2O, NO, NO2, HNO3, HF, CH4, C2H6, H2O, CO2, CF2Cl2, O3
Integrated vertical column
Upwards pointing but not directly upwards, Solar tracking
10 Hz
6 channels at 2-15 µm
GeoCAPE Airborne SpectrometerGCASScott Janz (PI)NASA GSFCB200 - LARC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRCSpectrometerNO2, CH2O
Integrated vertical column
Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
2 Hz
300-900 nmAir Quality (AQ) 304:520 nm; Ocean Color (OC) 460:900 nm
Geostationary Imaging Fabry-Perot SpectrometerGIFSSam Yee (PI)JHU APLP-3 Orion - WFFSpectrometerCloud Thickness
Ground
Nadir (directly downwards)
Hawaii Group for Environmental Aerosol ResearchHIGEARAntony Clarke (Co-I)U HawaiiDC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFFCN counter, Differential mobility, Laser absorption, Optical particle counter, Photometer, SpectrometerParticle Absorption, CCN, Particle Scattering, Aerosol Size Distribution, Black Carbon
HyMapHyMapTerry Cocks (PI)HyVista CorpCessna 402B, WB-57 - JSCSpectrometerImagery
Ground
Cross-track scanning
0.45-0.89 µm; 0.89-1.35 µm; 1.4-1.8 µm; 1.95-2.48 µmVIS module
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
Leonardo Airborne SimulatorLASSi-Chee Tsay (PI)NASA GSFCER-2 - AFRCSpectrometerImagery
mini-DOASmini-DOASJochen Peter Stutz (PI)UCLAGlobal Hawk - AFRCSpectrometerBrO, NO2, O4
Integrated slant column
Limb scanning (angles: +1, 0, -1, -1.5, -2, -2.5, -3, -4, 5, -15)
MODIS Airborne SimulatorMASJames D. Jacobson Jr. (PI)USRAER-2 - AFRCSpectrometerImagery
Ground
Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
6.25 Hz
36 m (at 20 km)
50 m (at 20 km)
9 channels at 445-970 nm; 16 channels at 1580-2400 nm; 16 channels at 3000-5450 nm; 9 channels at 8240-14550 nm
MODIS/ASTER Airborne SimulatorMASTERJames D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr)USRAB-200 - DOE - ARC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFFSpectrometerImagery
Ground
Nadir (directly downwards)
Next-Generation Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging SpectrometerAVIRIS-NGRobert O. Green (PI)JPLER-2 - AFRC, Twin Otter, Gulfstream III - LaRC, Gulfstream G-5SpectrometerImagery
Ground
Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
100 Hz
4000 m (at 8 km)
8 m (at 8 km)
380-2510 nm
Portable Remote Imaging SpectrometerPRISMDavid Thompson (PI)JPLTwin Otter International, Gulfstream III - LaRC, ER-2 - AFRCSpectrometerRadiance, Ocean Color, Chlorophyll-a
Ground
Nadir (directly downwards)
168 Hz
350-1050 nm
Precipitation Imaging ProbePIPAndrew Heymsfield (PI)NCARDC-8 - AFRCParticle imager, SpectrometerParticle size distribution
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - ARCPICARD ARCJames D. Jacobson Jr. (PI)USRAER-2 - AFRCSpectrometerImagery
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - GSFCPICARD GSFCKerry G. Meyer (PI)NASA GSFCER-2 - AFRCSpectrometerImagery
Spectrometer for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research4STARMeloe S. Kacenelenbogen (Co-I)NASA ARCP-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, Convair 580 NRC, Gulfstream G-1 (DOE), DC-8 - AFRCSpectrometerNO2, O3, H2O, Spectral Aerosol Optical Depth, Aerosol Extinction Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo, Aerosol Asymmetry Parameter, Aerosol Scattering phase function, Aerosol Size Distribution, Aerosol Complex Refractive Index, Cloud Optical Depth, Cloud droplet effective radius, Cloud Thermodynamic Phase, Cloud Liquid Water Content
Vertical profile
Zenith (directly upwards), Upwards pointing but not directly upwards, Solar tracking (angles: The instrument can be pointed continuously around the full azimuth and over 270 degrees in elevation )