Coastal and Ocean Airborne Science Testbed

The Campaign

The Coastal and Ocean Airborne Science Testbed (COAST) Project was a NASA project that focused on using remote sensing techniques to better understand the optically complex coastal zone. COAST had one deployment, which took place from October 2011, near Monterey Bay, CA. The CIRPAS Twin Otter aircraft was equipped with several remote sensing instruments, including the Ames Airborne Tracking Sunphotometer (AATS-14) and the Headwall Imaging Spectrometer (HIS), while the R/V John Martin used instruments like the Compact-Optical Profiling System (C-OPS) and the MicroTOPS sun photometer. 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

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