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AVIRIS-C
Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer - Classic

The Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer - Classic (AVIRIS-C) is a passive imaging spectrometer developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for Earth remote sensing. AVIRIC-C was designed to operate aboard NASA’s Earth Resources 2 (ER-2) aircraft. It has a spatial resolution of 20 meters and takes 12 scans per second. AVIRIS-C operated in the spectral region of 0.41 µm to 2.45 µm, making it particularly useful for a wide variety of Earth Science applications. It has been replaced by the Next Generation Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS-NG), though AVIRIS-C remains in operation.

AVIRIS instrument undergoing pre-flight checks
NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Instrument Details

Spectrometer/Radiometer
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Visible Wavelengths > Visible Imagery
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Infrared Imagery
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Visible Wavelengths > Visible Radiance
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Infrared Radiance
Land Surface
12 scans/sec
20 m
731 THz - 122 THz
External Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00064-9
OTTER

Oregon Transect Ecosystem Research Project

1989—1991
western coniferous forest in Oregon
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3 Deployments
· 14 Data Products
PROVE

Prototype Validation Exercise

1997
Jornada Experimental Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico
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1 Deployment
· 4 Data Products
HyspIRI Airborne

Hyperspectral Infrared Imager Preparatory Airborne Campaign

2013—2018
Southern California, Western Nevada, Hawaii
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15 Deployments
· 15 Data Products
WDTS

Western Diversity Time Series

2020—2024
Southern California, Nevada, Pacific Ocean
Ongoing
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5 Deployments
· 4 Data Products
SMEX

Soil Moisture Experiment

2002—2005
Iowa, Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, Sonora, Mexico
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4 Deployments
· 0 Data Products

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External Link10.3334/ORNLDAAC/449
External Linkhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GOESRPLT/AVIRIS/DATA101