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First Flights and Calibration Validation of the Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer Next Generation.
Robert
O.
Green, JPL, rog@jpl.nasa.gov
(Presenter)
The original Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS-Classic) was proposed for development in 1983 and first flew in 1986. Benefiting from a broad set of upgrades, AVIRIS-C has flown in every year through 2013 to support a range of NASA science and applications research. In the discipline of terrestrial ecology AVIRIS-C spectroscopic measurements have been used to pursue mapping the spatial distribution of ecosystem components and plant functional type as well as retrieving parameters of ecosystem function, physiology, biogeochemistry and disturbance. These results are documented throughout the literature.
In the past several years, resources were identified to develop the Next Generation Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS-NG). AVIRIS-NG is designed to meet or exceed the performance of AVIRIS-C in spectral, radiometric and spatial characteristics. The first flight of AVIRIS-NG occurred on the 22nd of April 2012 over Grand Junction, CO. During the 2012 flight season AVIRIS-NG flew a number of times collecting checkout and calibration validation data sets. This poster describes the characteristics of AVIRIS-NG, the results of the 2012 flight tests, as well as plans for the future.
Presentation Type: Poster
Session: Poster Session 1-B
(Tue 4:30 PM)
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Poster Location ID: 41
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