Coastal and Ocean Airborne Science Testbed

The Campaign

The Coastal and Ocean Airborne Science Testbed (COAST) was a NASA project that used remote sensing techniques to better understand the optically complex coastal zone. COAST had one deployment in October 2011 near Monterey Bay, California. The CIRPAS Twin Otter was equipped with sensors like the Headwall Imaging Spectrometer (HIS) and Airborne Tracking Sun Photometer (ATSP) to collect remote sensing observations of coastal ecosystems. The R/V John Martin was also used to gather observations using a sun photometer and radiometers. COAST was funded by NASA’s Hands-On Project Experience (HOPE) Training Opportunity Award under the guidance of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and Office of the Chief Engineer.

Additional Notes

Repositories

• Unpublished